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ABOUT <strong>THE</strong> AUTHORS<br />

Piia Pilv, Mercer<br />

Piia is a Netherlands-based Partner and leads Mercer’s<br />

executive reward segment in <strong>EMEA</strong>, advising European<br />

multinationals on executive compensation, global<br />

compensation strategy, incentive plan designs,<br />

performance measurement and cross-border<br />

compensation issues. Piia joined Mercer’s New York<br />

office in 1996.<br />

Piia has more than 15 years of experience in<br />

international executive compensation and in the<br />

design and implementation of incentive plans –<br />

including the design, administration, communication<br />

and implementation of all forms of international<br />

share plans. Piia specialises in advising remuneration<br />

committees on all aspects of remuneration and<br />

corporate governance and works with a number<br />

of committees in the Netherlands, Switzerland<br />

and Scandinavia. Her industry experience is<br />

diverse and includes consulting with clients in oil<br />

and gas, telecommunications, financial services,<br />

manufacturing, life sciences, retail, FMCG,<br />

pharmaceutical and professional services. Piia holds<br />

an MBA from the London Business School and a<br />

bachelor’s degree in economics from Barnard College,<br />

Columbia University, in New York, from which she<br />

graduated magna cum laude.<br />

Anne-Magriet Schoeman, Global<br />

Remuneration Solutions<br />

Anne-Magriet is one of the executive directors of GRS,<br />

a South African company specialising in general HR<br />

management, with specific emphasis on remuneration<br />

management. She specialises in the Africa division,<br />

conducting local national surveys in 18 sub-Saharan<br />

countries.<br />

Anne-Magriet has been involved in the development<br />

of South African and international conditions of<br />

employment, remuneration structures and systems<br />

– mainly in the construction industry – and has<br />

assisted companies with various aspects of these<br />

systems, from feasibility to implementation. She has<br />

developed various computerised systems to support<br />

her clients’ international businesses. With a finance,<br />

HR, information technology and legal background,<br />

and 20 years’ work experience across the full HR value<br />

chain, she is currently investing her time to improve<br />

the efficiencies of the company in the survey arena.<br />

Lars Timmermann, Bombardier<br />

Transportation<br />

Lars is currently Director, Global Compensation at<br />

Bombardier Transportation GmbH. He specialises<br />

in the design, implementation and execution of<br />

global compensation processes for the Bombardier<br />

Transportation Group. In this role, Lars is responsible<br />

for ensuring that compensation packages remain<br />

market competitive while maintaining an internal<br />

equity. In addition to this work, he implemented a new<br />

global job evaluation system (Watson Wyatt Global<br />

Grading System). Lars also has a governance function<br />

for Bombardier Inc., Montréal/Canada, providing<br />

recommendations and information to the Human<br />

Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board<br />

of Directors.<br />

Lars has worked with several multinational<br />

organisations across <strong>EMEA</strong>, including Sony Europe,<br />

Watson Wyatt, the Daimler-Benz Foundation and<br />

British Petroleum. In his various roles, Lars has<br />

provided expertise on a number of compensationand<br />

benefit-related matters. For example, at Sony,<br />

he contributed to the set-up and then managed the<br />

European Employee Share Ownership Plan. He was<br />

also involved in the design and roll-out of a European<br />

Early Voluntary Retirement Programme. In addition,<br />

he led the HR Controlling function for some years.<br />

Lars holds a diploma in business administration from<br />

the Free University, Berlin, and studied communication<br />

at the University of Arts and the philosophy of sports at<br />

the Humboldt University, Berlin. Lars is also a certified<br />

windsurfing instructor and coach.<br />

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