What We Do
We are a leading independent consultancy specialising in the planning, design, and implementation of business-driven pay and reward strategies.
Our Expertise
Our areas of expertise include executive compensation, employee share plans, corporate governance, business management, valuation and statistics.
We have specific sector experience as follows:
- Alternative investment firms (family offices, venture capital, private equity, infrastructure funds)
- Portfolio companies
- Oil & gas
- Renewable energy
- Family businesses quoted or private companies undergoing change, e.g. IPO, acquisition, strategy change
Our Services
We provide the following core services: Executive Remuneration, Private Equity Remuneration, Pay Surveys, and Share Plans. Our multi-disciplinary approach to remuneration is always tailored to individual client requirements.
Latest News
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Our detailed research shows that when CGT rates increase, the wider UK economy tends to decline. This article explores this further and explores what might happen regarding CGT rates at the Budget. Click here to read more…
MM&K has published its 2024 European Private Equity and Venture Capital Compensation Report
We, at MM&K, are delighted to announce that the 2024 PE/VC Compensation Report has recently been published. The 2024 Report sets out our findings from our 2024 survey of the UK and European private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate fund management industries.
MM&K are pleased to collaborate and be affiliated with Hugessen Consulting Inc.
MM&K has forged a collaboration with Canada’s leading executive compensation and board effectiveness advisory firm Hugessen Consulting Inc. to combine the two firms’ strengths and provide an enhanced service offering and market insights for their clients.
The standardisation of executive remuneration structures restricts innovation, valuations and shareholder returns
There is an observable standardisation in executive pay structures, restricting innovation, valuations and shareholder returns.
HMRC’s recently published guidelines on reporting and payment of tax on dividends and capital gains.
By their latest employment related tax bulletin, HMRC has provided information on the ways to report and pay tax on dividends and capital gains made by employees, focusing on employment-related securities. While employees otherwise filing self-assessment returns need to continue reporting and paying tax in the same manner, employees who do not or otherwise are not required to, file self assessment returns, may be charged to tax but could report and pay tax on dividends by adjustment of their PAYE code or by contacting HMRC and report and pay capital gains tax on-line on a real-time basis. Click here to read more…
MM&K – 50 not out
This year, MM&K celebrates 50 years in business advising on executive remuneration, performance and remuneration governance. We have witnessed significant changes in executive remuneration and, like the subject, MM&K has evolved. We are able to call upon the experience of those 50 years to continue to provide a full-service of advice and support to our clients.
Life in the Boardroom 2023-2024 MM&K’s exclusive survey of Board Chairs and NEDs
For 33 years MM&K has conducted this valued survey which provides participants with a comprehensive 80+ page report containing insights on board practices, time commitments, pay and other board issues. It is unique as data is collected directly from Directors themselves, rather than from company staff or annual reports. This provides a more accurate picture from the people who experience it first-hand.
Find out more about MM&K’s 2023-2024 Life in the Boardroom Report >
Private Equity & Venture Capital Compensation Survey
MM&K has launched its 28th annual Compensation Survey for the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry. This survey provides participating firms with market leading, detailed information on both the quantum and structure of pay in the European PE, VC, Infrastructure and Real Estate fund management industries. In the survey we collect data on base salaries, benefits, annual bonuses and carried interest plan participation, plus details on a large number of other people and reward issues.
London Stock Exchange
MM&K are proud members of London Stock Exchange Issuer Services. Tom Hinton, Head of Issuer Services, and MM&K’s CEO, Paul Norris discuss trends in directors’ remuneration and how they have evolved over recent months. Paul discusses recent developments on ESG and the challenges some of our clients are facing, along with the impact of increased regulation and the effect on executive roles along with how the role of NEDs is evolving.
News & Publications
We publish monthly newsletters on Remuneration and Share Plan related matters. If you would like to receive copies of our news & publications please sign up.
Meet The Team
MM&K’s team is multi-disciplinary, bringing together consulting, advisory, legal, accounting, analytical and modelling skills. View the full team page to find out more.
Contact Us
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“Congratulations on a thorough and insightful survey. It fills in something of a gap in coverage of the numerous publications from the large firms in the remuneration consulting space.”
– Alan Giles, Chairman, Remuneration Consultants Group
“We contacted MM&K to set up an EMI Scheme for our employees. MM&K supported us every step of the way and explained all of the options that were available to us. They are clearly experts at what they do and they navigated us through the whole process from beginning to end. JD has been a huge support in re-writing documents that were needed and in helping us with communications to the rest of our business. We are very grateful to him and his team for the extra work and time they put into getting this project completed for us. ”
– London-based recruitment consultancy
“I was recommended to MM&K by an old colleague as the leading remuneration advisers in London with a detailed understanding of and experience with the design of remuneration structures in the alternative investment management arena.
I needed help with the introduction and detailed design of a carried interest plan for my team of investment professionals in a mid-market private equity fund management house that my business is heavily invested in. I certainly found them very knowledgeable, impressively responsive and tremendously helpful in guiding me through the various different structures and mechanisms that are typically used in carried interest plan arrangements.”
– CEO of UK based Family Office
“When we needed to review our remuneration arrangements, we spoke with a number of potential advisers but MMK stood out with their detailed understanding of and experience with the design of remuneration policies in private equity fund management businesses.
As a premium listed company on the London Stock Exchange, we needed comprehensive advice from a firm that understood both the corporate governance requirements for a fully listed company as well as the design of remuneration structures and policies in PE fund management businesses. We needed advice on salary levels, bonus plan metrics and LTIP design.
We found that MM&K had a detailed knowledge of the PE industry and its remuneration structures. They also understood the requirements that we needed to comply with as a fully listed company. They were diligent in their market research and advice and efficient in steering us through this important journey including helping support our shareholder consultations. We have ended up with accomplished remuneration arrangements that were approved by our shareholders.”
– Graham Stedman, Remuneration Committee Chair of LMS Capital plc
“MM&K are that rare breed, people who actually take the time to understand the business and give executive remuneration advice which is practical, commercial and eminently sensible from the start.”
– Simon Bennett, Founding Partner, Incremental Capital LLP
“With a complex transaction ahead of us, as chairman of a new venture, I knew of MM&K by reputation and over months of twists and turns, their combination of commercial experience and insight, pragmatism and client focus were exceptional. A delight to work with. ”
– Rupert McNeil, start-up chairman
“MM&K helped us design and implement a cash-settled executive long-term incentive scheme. The new scheme is clearly understood by the senior executive team and is proving motivational. All that we needed.”
– John Dodds, Remuneration Committee Chair, Newbury Racecourse plc
Life in the Boardroom
MM&K has conducted this Chairman and Non-Executive Director Survey (Life in the Boardroom) for 33 years. It is unique as data is collected directly from Directors themselves, rather than from company staff or annual reports. This provides a more accurate picture of board practices and pay.
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