Farient Advisors LLC Expands Senior Leadership Team with Executive Compensation Expert Gary Hourihan

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Farient Advisors, a leading independent executive compensation and performance consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Gary Hourihan has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President based in Los Angeles.

“Fair Pay, Fair Play: Aligning Executive Performance and Pay.”

“Gary Hourihan is a highly-respected executive and consultant who brings more than 35 years of experience to the growing Farient senior leadership team,” said Robin A. Ferracone, executive chair, Farient Advisors and author of “Fair Pay, Fair Play: Aligning Executive Performance and Pay.” “As Farient continues to tackle tough compensation issues and lead the way in independent executive compensation consulting, Gary’s extensive compensation, organizational design, and leadership and talent consulting experience will bring tremendous value to our clients.”

Prior to joining Farient Advisors, Mr. Hourihan held positions as founder and chairman of Korn/Ferry International’s Leadership & Talent Consulting Group, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of SCA Consulting, and partner and practice leader at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Over his career, he has been a trusted advisor to the board and executive management of numerous firms on a variety of issues including, compensation, organization, and leadership and succession planning. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, a license en Economique Appliqué from the University of Louvain, Belgium, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University.

About Farient Advisors

Farient Advisors is an independent executive compensation and performance advisory firm that provides performance-sensitive and defensible advice on executive pay. Farient is uniquely designed to meet the ongoing and increasingly complex needs of compensation committees through a combination of top compensation advisors who routinely work with boards and executives. Farient’s professionals adhere to disciplined processes and analytical standards to ensure the delivery of high-integrity services year in and year out. http://www.farient.com; http://www.fairpayfairplay.com/