Esop Centre Newspad Round-Table
Webinar
Background: This online round-table discussion was chaired by Centre chairman Robert Pay and the conversation kicked off by Equiniti’s Jennifer Rudman.
Topics covered included: Further drop in the annual dividend allowance: should Dividend Shares be offered (if not already), where there is a choice of cash or Dividend Shares? - SAYE bonus rate: how’s it going, what’s happening in practice? - What happens next with the Call for Evidence on SAYE and SIP and the consultation on taxation of EOTs and EBTs? - Plus a pick of articles featured in recent editions of “It’s Our Business”, newspad of the Esop Centre.
A report of the discussion can be viewed here: Esop News (esopcentre.com)
Speaker:
Jennifer Rudman has responsibility for defining Equiniti’s share plan strategy and enhancing its employee share plan services. She is a member of a number of employee schemes working groups, liaising regularly with industry bodies. Jennifer acts as a point of reference for issuers and journalists, analysing market data to identify trends and informing the market of current practice.
Chairman:
Robert Pay is Chairman of the Esop Centre. He has extensive experience in both professional and financial services. His chief interest is building both business and brand for know-how rich businesses. His roles have included being a Marketing Manager for a "Big Four" banking and securities practice, and a seven year stint as the Global Chief Marketing Officer of leading international law firm, Clifford Chance. He was Head of Marketing at the London Stock Exchange where he was responsible for the marketing launch of AIM, the smaller companies' market, on whose board he served; he developed a successful marketing campaign aimed at attracting foreign issuers to London; and marketing of introduction of order-driven trading. He then ran the European arm of a US-based professional services consulting firm for several years before moving back in-house as Global Marketing Director of BSI Management Systems where he introduced an NPD process, and refocussed the global marketing function on new product development. Immediately prior to relocating to the United States he was the Chief Marketing Officer for European law firm Taylor Wessing, where he worked with Z/Yen to create the Global IP Index.
Speaker(s):
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Jennifer Rudman
Industry Director, Employee Share Plans
Equiniti
Chairman:
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Robert Pay
Chairman
Esop Centre