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David Nygard is a Managing Director with more than 20 years of experience as a human resources consultant. During his career, David has designed and communicated rewards programs within the U.S. and Europe. He has extensive experience in developing and valuing equity and cash-based long-term incentive programs and calculating their periodic impact on corporate financial statements.

David Nygard is a Managing Director with more than 20 years of experience as a human resources consultant. During his career, David has designed and communicated rewards programs within the U.S. and Europe. He has extensive experience in developing and valuing equity and cash-based long-term incentive programs and calculating their periodic impact on corporate financial statements. David has also worked with Boards and management to evaluate organization structures, develop competency roadmaps, and establish talent/performance management programs and executive succession plans. Prior to joining the firm, David was a Senior Compensation Consultant at Sibson Consulting and Hay Group and a Senior Manager at KPMG. His clients include public, closely-held, not-for-profit, foreign-owned, and recent spin-off organizations in banking, manufacturing, and service industries. David was also a Product Manager of Continental Bank.

David’s consulting experience includes strategic plan development, organization and management studies, earnings improvement and regulator mandated studies on the size depth, independence and performance of officers. He has conducted assessments on the appropriateness of executive compensation programs, operational effectiveness/key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarking and the organization structure required to deliver on the strategic plan. David has assisted in the development of performance and reward systems both for U.S. domestic and international organizations.