Executive Compensation LTI Training Series - Part 1

Part 1: LTI Vehicle Basics 

Virtual | June 18

This session will focus on LTI fundamentals and will provide a clear, practical understanding of the most common LTI vehicles and how they are used to support business strategy, performance alignment, and executive retention.

Facilitated by Mark Chen, BJ Firmacion, and Kathryn McIntyre, this session will cover:

• Core LTI vehicles and how they work
• Why companies choose different vehicles
• Key design considerations across public and private companies

This session is well suited for compensation professionals seeking a strong foundation—or a refresher—on LTI design fundamentals.

Mark Chen

Senior Director, Executive Compensation & Board Advisory

Relevant Experience/Specialization

Mark Chen has 21 years of experience consulting with corporate boards and executive teams to align executive pay design with strategic objectives and stakeholder interests. His expertise includes incentive plan design, performance metric selection, pay competitiveness and effective communication in public disclosures. He is also a frequent guest speaker for compensation associations on the topics of executive compensation and total rewards.

Mark assists public, private and not-for-profit organizations in a range of industries including airlines, banking, consumer products, food and beverage, life sciences, high technology, real estate, manufacturing and media.

Role at WTW

Mark was appointed to WTW’s Executive Compensation Guiding Principles initiative, which is focused on clarifying and affirming our Executive Compensation & Board Advisory practice’s perspectives, approaches, guidelines and key considerations in support of effective design, governance, management and administration of executive pay programs. Mark also participates in the development and delivery of multiple training programs for our national Executive Compensation analyst team.

Education and Credentials

BJ Firmacion

Director, Executive Compensation & Board Advisory

Relevant Experience/Specialization

BJ Firmacion is a Director in WTW’s Executive Compensation and Board Advisory (ECBA) consulting practice based in Los Angeles. ​

With over 11 years of experience consulting with clients in both North America and Southeast Asia, BJ has focused his work on executive and non-employee director pay benchmarking, incentive design and pay-for-performance assessments. He works with both management and compensation committees of organizations from a wide range of industries including consumer products, restaurants, real estate, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, airlines and not-for-profit healthcare among others.

Prior to joining WTW in February 2015, BJ was a project manager at Equilar, an executive compensation research firm and data provider where he worked for three years.

Role at WTW

In addition to his consulting role, BJ is an active member of WTW’s North America technical training team where he organizes training modules for junior colleagues in various Executive Compensation topics

Education and Credentials

BJ earned a B.S. degree in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines

Kathryn McIntyre

Analyst, Work & Rewards

Relevant Experience/Specialization

Kathryn McIntyre is an Analyst in WTW’s Work & Rewards consulting practice based in Seattle. ​

Kathryn has focused her work on executive benchmarking, incentive design, pay equity, and broad-based salary structures. She has worked with organizations in industries such as higher education, technology, healthcare, financial services, retail, and life sciences. Prior to joining WTW full-time in September 2025, she was a summer intern in the New York City office in 2024, and has worked at companies such as Savers, Cornell University’s Registrar’s Office, and in food service.

Education and Credentials