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Jeff Hyman

Jeff is a Senior Attorney with Exequity and is known industry-wide as a leading advisor to Compensation Committees and Boards of Directors. Jeff is expert in helping clients evaluate, design, implement, and communicate executive compensation and supplemental benefit programs. He has advised some of the most notable companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Jeff's articles on compensation issues have appeared in several professional publications, including the Journal of Compensation and Benefits, the Journal of International Compensation and Benefits, and The Financial Executive, and he is a contributing author to The Compensation Handbook (McGraw-Hill, Inc.). Some of the companies whose management Jeff has worked with in connection with executive compensation matters include Altria Group Inc. (formerly Philip Morris Companies), Bayer Corporation, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Inc., Campbell Soup Company, Capital One Financial Corporation, Gucci Group, N.V., The Hartford Financial Services Group, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Public Service Enterprise Group, Rohm and Haas Company, Siemens Corporation, Time Warner Inc., and Unilever PLC.

Among the companies whose Compensation Committee Jeff has advised directly are Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Constellation Energy Group, Inc. H.J. Heinz Company, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Hubbell, Inc., McCormick & Company, Inc., The New York Times Company, Olin Corporation, Omnicom Group, Inc., Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), Rayonier Inc., Selective Insurance Group, The Stanley Works, Staples, Inc., Verizon Communications, Wyeth, and Zale Corporation.

Prior to joining Exequity, Jeff was a 25-year Principal at Hewitt Associates, and before that a tax practitioner with a major accounting firm in New York City. Jeff earned a B.A. degree from Wesleyan University, a J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University, and an M.B.A. degree from New York University. Jeff is admitted to the Connecticut State Bar.