Bruce Benesh
Partner
Grant Thornton Compensation and Benefits Practice

Bruce Benesh is a partner with Grant Thornton LLP and has more than 25 years of experience in executive compensation, tax planning relating to compensation arrangements, and human resource consulting. Before joining Grant Thornton, he was the partner-in-charge of Arthur Andersen's North American and Latin American Human Capital Practice and the Divisional President of a consulting practice for a publicly traded company.

Mr. Benesh has broad consulting experience in many industries with companies ranging from closely held family businesses to multi-national corporations. His experience includes advising clients and executives on all aspects of strategic planning and compensation and benefits issues, including competitive total compensation arrangements for executives, change-of-control and severance arrangements, qualified pension, profit sharing and stock bonus plans, life insurance planning, welfare benefit plans, non-qualified executive compensation arrangements, and employer-provided fringe benefits. He also has extensive experience in sales force effectiveness and in the design and implementation of long-term, equity-based incentive plans for privately held companies.

Mr. Benesh has written numerous articles dealing with compensation and tax issues that have been published in such journals as The Tax Advisor, Taxes, Small Business Taxation, Trusts and Estates, Tax Ideas and Journal of Accountancy. He lectures frequently on executive compensation and business planning, focusing primarily on designing incentive plans and organizational structures to motivate corporate performance.countants.

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