Executive Recruiting & Compensation

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Jeffrey Ketchum is an executive recruiting and executive compensation expert witness with 30 years of executive level (C-level, VP & Director) experience with small businesses, middle market and Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Ketchum has personally completed over 200 engagements focused on executive recruiting, executive compensation, executive marketability, management appraisal and executive assessment. He is the President of several executive search & executive compensation consulting firms, including Lordstone Corporation and Dieck Executive Search, Inc. Mr. Ketchum is a graduate of Cornell University's Advanced Program for Executive Search & Leadership Consulting and Wharton's Executive Compensation: Strategies & Frameworks program. He is an AESC Certified Researcher/Associate (CRA) through the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants, the official representative of the industry to the US Government and European Commission. Mr. Ketchum has global experience in North America, South & Central America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Ketchum is available for select expert witness engagements, consulting (non-testifying), strategy & litigation support throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. These matters include opining on: *Executive earnings damages claims. *The career path, opportunities and compensation that plaintiff would likely would have had if they were not injured. *Whether an individual used reasonable efforts to find substantially equivalent employment. *The long-term impact on an individuals career because of an employment termination. *Whether defendant was negligent in vetting candidates which contributed to damages. *The qualifications of an executive candidate and reasonableness of their hiring. *Alleged employer defamation and blacklisting. *Executive recruiting contracts. *Shareholder excessive compensation claims. Mr. Ketchum has served as an expert in legal matters involving executive divorce, whistleblower suits, shareholder suits related to (un)reasonable compensation, personal injuries, wrongful terminations and employment related matters in the following industries: Aerospace Agriculture Automation Automotive, Truck & Bus Banking Biotechnology Christian Ministries Clean Energy Construction Consumer Products Defense Digital Media Electronics Faith Based Businesses Food Processing Forest Products Healthcare HVAC Industrial Machinery Insurance Manufacturing Maritime/Marine/Shipping Medical Device Metal Fabrication Off-road Powersports Oil & Gas Packaging Plastics & Rubber Power Generation Printing & Publishing Private Equity Professional Associations Public Transit Pulp & Paper Retail Scientific Research Software Technical Training Technology Telecommunications Textiles Utilities Venture Capital