Ralph Leyssens is a strategic Reward professional with 25+ years experience in international compensation management - both in consulting and corporate jobs - with a multinational mindset. Mr. Leyssens has extensive experience and expertise in the development/(re-)design & implementation/communication of Reward Strategy, Job Structuring (-design, -description and -evaluation), Reward Management (benchmarking, salary structuring, variable pay, salary administration policies) and Performance Management in Europe and EMEAI. In addition to working 11 years as a Reward Consultant/Practice Leader in Watson Wyatt/Willis Towers Watson, he held various roles in the Reward/HR area as Director EMEIA or Strategic Reward Lead for companies like Ingersoll Rand, Ideal Standard International, Lubrizol, BT and Deutsche Post DHL. Both through his consulting and his corporate experience, Mr. Leyssens developed and managed complex projects and processes in international mobility management, HR/Reward process and policy development and optimization, organizational restructuring and post-merger alignments and integration. Mr. Leyssens prides himself on his pragmatic mindset and approach: developing and implementing solutions and approaches that are based on sound technical and theoretical foundations while ensuring fit for purpose, alignment with company culture and – most importantly – practical applicability and use. Mr. Leyssens holds a Bachelor Personnel Work, is fluent in Dutch, French and English and has a solid working knowledge of German.