Calif-legal.com: California Expert Witness, Peter Hursh, Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation / Benefits, Expert Witness Services

Areas of Expertise:
Mr. Hursh is a senior executive at ECG Advisors, LLC with extensive leadership skills and experience in diverse fields, including human resources, organizational effectiveness, executive compensation, corporate governance, education, the arts, not-for-profits and athletics.

Credentials:
He has an AB cum laude from Harvard, and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Hursh is certified as a Director (by the Directors Training & Certification Program at UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management), and completed Harvard Business School's course on 'Making Corporate Boards More Effective.'; He lectures at the Anderson School's Directors Training & Certification Programs, and speaks regularly to various board-affiliated organizations in Southern California - - including Orange County's Forum for Corporate Directors - - on matters of executive compensation, and director pay and corporate governance. Hursh is also certified as an executive coach by Right Management Consultants, the world's largest outplacement firm, to coach executives in their jobs as well as those in career transition. He is a member of the New York State Bar, and practiced law before moving to consulting.

Prior to joining ECG Advisors, LLC, Mr. Hursh built and led a $230 million business for Towers Perrin, one of the world's largest management consulting firms, and served on its Board of Directors and chaired the Board's Audit Committee. He consulted directly with organizations in many different industries, with a specialty in executive compensation, executive benefits and executive employment arrangements. Hursh led many selling and marketing efforts for Towers Perrin, and managed his firm's relationships with some of its largest clients. He led a special project at Towers Perrin to define the firm's service offerings to the domestic and international high tech sector, particularly in the area of compensation. During the course of his study, Mr. Hursh conferred with many different companies in this industry segment, but mostly ones with smaller market caps.