3. MUNICH RE
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Emma Manfred FCIPD
Human Resources Director - Europe and Latin America
“As we prepared to host the Global HR Speaker Series from London, we wanted to
find a speaker who would engage and get us to think about HR from a different
angle. We were introduced to Corinne by a colleague, who had previously heard her
speak about the role of HR within the sustainability agenda. During our initial call
with Corinne she outlined how she would run a speaker session: by introducing the
UN Sustainable Development Goals, relating them back to the Company’s
sustainability report and highlight what HR already does and what they can do more
of to support sustainability at Munich Re. We were impressed with her knowledge
and the passion she had for the subject. In preparation for the session, Corinne
thoroughly reviewed our sustainability report to ensure this was fully reflected in her
comments. The session itself was engaging and introduced the topic of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals to many of our colleagues for the first time. We had
a number of questions from our colleagues globally about the information provided,
and what more we could be doing within HR at Munich Re. It really was food for
thought and the start of more discussions on this very important topic.”
4. UNITY TRUST BANK
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Julia Tarpey
Human Resources Director
“I searched Linkedin to find a Remuneration Consultant who could work with me to
review our Remuneration Policy Statement (RPS) and found Corinne’s profile. I was
delighted to find a Remuneration Consultant who specialised in responsible reward
and whose values were aligned to ours.
Corinne did everything that she promised to do and explained her reasoning so that
we developed our understanding of the regulatory requirements. The RPS was
quickly approved at our Remco as they could see the amount of thought and
attention to detail that had gone into it.
I would definitely work with Corinne again and have no hesitation recommending
her to others.”
5. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP
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Graham Shepherd
Former Group Reward Director
“Corinne helped us over a period of two years with executive and regulatory
reward matters until we appointed a permanent incumbent. She was instrumental
in helping us to draft our Directors’ Remuneration Report with its Remuneration
Policy Statement and Annual Remuneration Report financial disclosures.
Corinne took care of all regulatory reward matters for the Group, UK and Europe
subsidiaries, and new acquisitions such as LCH (France and UK) and Russell
Investments (US) with timely reporting and disclosures.
She liaised with other teams (Compliance, Legal, Company Secretariat etc.) and
prepared all our Directors’ emoluments with accuracy.
Her work helped to put us on a strong footing until we recruited a new permanent
member of our team.”
6. INVESTMENT BANK, LONDON
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Frank L.
Senior Legal Consultant
“I worked with Corinne over several months at a well known investment bank in
respect of IFPR Remuneration and the implementation of a new share plan. I found
her technical knowledge exceptional and her approach always focused and
pragmatic. Corinne has the ability to simplify complex data and explain it in very
clear and understandable language. She is highly professional and can easily lead
teams and manage time sensitive situations to meet objectives. It was a pleasure
working with her and I highly recommend her.”
7. DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS EUROPE LTD
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Max Pritchett
Senior Manager - Regulatory Reward and Control
“I worked for Corinne when she joined my Company to lead the implementation of
the MIFIDPRU Remuneration Code, as well as lead the Reward team during a time of
rapid change. As someone who had 'fallen' into Regulatory Reward in the last couple
of years, and was still working in my first HR role, Corinne took the opportunity to
share with me her vast experience, and a fresh perspective on how Reward can be
used as a vehicle for change. She helped me to understand the principles and context
behind the remuneration standards to which we are currently subject, whilst
empowering me to independently analyse and respond to comment and challenge
from senior leadership, including the Remuneration Committee. I am incredibly glad
to have worked under Corinne, and for the plentiful lessons she managed to impart
in the short time she was managing me. I highly recommend Corinne for her services
and I look forward to the next time we encounter each other professionally!”
8. GAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
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Sarb Thandi
Group Head of Compensation and Benefits
“I’ve needed Corinne’s regulatory reward expertise twice over the past few years. We are a small Reward team and
didn’t have the bandwidth to accommodate new remuneration requirements without external help.
The first time Corinne came to GAM, she assisted us with implementing CRD III and IV, UCITS V, and AIFMD regulations
across our UK and European entities. She liaised with local representatives to identify which population was affected by
which regulations. As we have several legal entities and the same employee can be caught by several regulations, this
was a complex task. Her work allowed us to communicate with each employee confidently on how the regulations impact
them and fulfil our European regulatory reward obligations. Corinne’s work is still in use today.
More recently, I invited Corinne to come back to GAM to help us with project and stakeholder managing the
implementation of the UK Senior Manager & Certification Regime (SMCR). This time her role was to coordinate the
impact of SMCR across the whole HR function: recruitment, operations, L&D and regulatory reward. She represented the
HR function at weekly cross-functional meetings and kept us on track throughout the project with detailed tasks, timeline
and deliverables for each one of us. She supported us, acted as a sounding board and constructively challenged us where
necessary.
Her organised approach resulted in us being fully SMCR compliant by the implementation date of 9 December 2019!”
9. INVESCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
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Marc Fandrich
Head of Investment Compensation
“I am based in the US and didn’t have a team member based in the UK at the time. So, I asked Corinne if she could
help us with the implementation of AIFMD and UCITS remuneration requirements across all of our European entities.
We have offices in the UK, France, Luxemburg and Ireland.
Corinne was the main contact to compile the regulatory disclosures requested by each local regulator, each with their
own slight interpretation of the European regulations. Her French language skills were very useful when dealing with
colleagues in Paris and Luxemburg, especially when it came to legal and regulatory matters.
This project set us on the right path for the ongoing implementation of these complex regulations year after year.”
10. EDF ENERGY
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Cy Murray
Former Compensation & Benefits Director
EDF Energy
“Having met Corinne through various networking events, where I was impressed with her deep experience, I was delighted when Corinne and I started
working together at EDF Energy.
I had recently joined the firm and needed help with designing the overall Reward strategy and embedding the team into their various newly created roles.
Corinne assisted me with designing and implementing the Employee Value Proposition and explaining it to employee representatives.
Corinne was also influential in building the team spirit through the organisation of external events and the Reward Academy which she started for Reward
and HR colleagues.
Corinne’s technical Reward skills came to the fore when she designed new pay scales and a grading structure and modelled its financial impact so that we
knew how much the proposed changes would cost.
As a French national, Corinne was able to bridge the language and cultural gap between the Paris head-office and UK-based stakeholders. We made several
trips to Paris together to meet with senior counterparts, explain our proposed Reward strategy to them and ensure it was agreed for our UK population.
A couple of years later, I called on Corinne’s services again, this time to review our executive population. I wanted to check that all senior roles up to Board
level were properly defined, graded and compensated. Corinne worked closely with external provider Hay and her analytical work led to necessary changes in
our executive team which clarified accountabilities and ensured appropriate compensation.
Please do contact me if you would like to discuss this endorsement further.”
11. PWC
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Leila Panju
Previously Senior Associate
PwC
“I got to know Corinne when PWC were appointed external auditors of the Jupiter account. My role was to ensure
our client was compliant with all regulatory remuneration requirements.
To that extent, I worked closely with Corinne and needed her to provide us with accurate and prompt answers to our
audit questions which related to very senior staff and Board members.
Due to her systematic and organised approach, she was able to do so very diligently. I highly praise the quality of the
supporting evidence she provided.
She made our work much easier at what a stressful time of the year!”
12. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP
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“Corinne helped us over a period of two years with executive and regulatory reward matters until we appointed a
permanent incumbent. She was instrumental in helping us to draft our Directors’ Remuneration Report with its
Remuneration Policy Statement and Annual Remuneration Report financial disclosures.
Corinne took care of all regulatory reward matters for the Group, UK and Europe subsidiaries, and new acquisitions
such as LCH (France and UK) and Russell Investments (US) with timely reporting and disclosures.
She liaised with other teams (Compliance, Legal, Company Secretariat etc.) and prepared all our Directors’
emoluments with accuracy.
Her work helped to put us on a strong footing until we recruited a new permanent member of our team.”
Graham Shepherd
Group Reward Director
13. NOMURA BANK
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“I hired Corinne’s Reward consultancy services shortly after Nomura bank acquired Lehman Brothers (EMEA and
Asia offices).
In her role as Project Manager, Corinne was instrumental in the re-design of the global compensation strategy to
align the two firms. Her tasks involved the coordination of deliverables from 3 external firms of consultants as well as
multiple internal stakeholders.
Thanks to her international background, Corinne was able to adapt to the pan-continental culture of the Group
quickly. Her technical skills meant that the new compensation model was completed and successfully presented to
the Head-Office in Tokyo in a very tight deadline.
Corinne also assisted me with the design of the new compensation tool for year-end (PeopleSoft and Excel).
If you wish to discuss this testimonial further, please reach me via LinkedIn.”
Randal Tajer
Group Head, Performance and Reward
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