Hay Group Expands Southeast Employee Rewards and Performance Management Capabilities

Business Wire, Feb 19, 2007

PHILADELPHIA -- Mitch Barnes has joined Hay Group's Charlotte, North Carolina office to assist Southeast clients with employee pay strategy, variable pay plan design, and performance management.

Bill Reigel, Vice President and Reward Practice Leader for Hay Group's Southeast Region said, "Mitch's extensive first-hand experience both as a company executive - including integrating acquisitions - and as a consultant will enable our clients to develop systems that improve their bottom lines by better linking performance to rewards."

Barnes joins Hay Group from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, where he spent nearly eight years designing compensation systems in manufacturing, utilities, transportation, communications, marketing, professional services, and financial services. He also brings fifteen years of corporate human resources and compensation experience at Wachovia Corporation and First Union Corporation.

Barnes received a B.S. in Business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. in Finance and Operations from the Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest University. He is a certified compensation professional via World at Work.

About Hay Group

Hay Group (www.haygroup.com) is a global consulting firm that works with leaders to transform strategy into reality. It develops talent, organizes people to be more effective and motivates them to perform at their best. With 88 offices in 47 countries, it works with over 7,000 clients across the world, from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, across every major industry. Its focus is on making change happen and helping people and organizations realize their potential. Hay Group conducts annual research on Most Admired Companies for Fortune Magazine and on the Best Companies for Leaders for Chief Executive Magazine.