R.J. Bannister is a partner and chief operating officer at Farient Advisors, an executive compensation consultancy. He has 30 years of compensation consulting experience and was a managing director (retired) at Willis Towers Watson, where he led its North American Executive Compensation practice. R.J. has worked with numerous companies on their pay transparency issues and properly prioritizing, sequencing and timing of total rewards changes and improvements. Contact him at [email protected].