McLagan, a global financial services consulting firm, has a long standing local presence in the U.K., Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

For more than 50 years McLagan has helped leading global and regional  financial institutions in EMEA find their way through the financial sector’s business and political complexities which affect business performance, human resources strategy and reward decisions. We work with all major financial institutions in banking, asset management and insurance. We have also established relationships with the relevant financial sector regulators to ensure up to date information on how the regulatory environment impacts business and compensation strategies.

Fact-based AdviceMcLagan’s unique approach supports clients with fact-based advice that’s used to improve the performance of the organization. With business and financial performance information, industry trends, best practices and regulatory requirements as well as our proprietary, detailed information on compensation we help our clients improve their overall effectiveness and optimize their talent.

Our information is based on normalized intelligence gathered from our clients on business performance, capital usage and compensation levels and practices through the following proprietary studies:

  • Compensation and Benefits Surveys
  • Best Practices Studies
  • Regulatory Developments Research
  • Productivity Studies
  • Market Share Studies
  • Expense Benchmarks
  • Engagement Surveys (together with AON Hewitt)


Our consulting services enable clients to stay ahead of the challenges of their business and regulatory environments. Our seasoned consultants deliver guidance which may encompass: business and organization analysis and benchmarking, regulatory assessment and implementation, reward and performance management strategy development, compensation and business benchmarking as well as executive compensation advisory/counsel.

While our centralized survey team is based in London, we work with local experts on teams in each of the regional markets who are deeply rooted in the local culture and networks. We also work closely with our local colleagues in Aon Hewitt to ensure seamless delivery of services to clients. With more than 100 professionals throughout the region we are committed to serving our clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

We cover the following financial sector segments:

  • Asset Management
  • Banking and Capital Markets
  • Corporate and Consumer Banking
  • Hedge Funds
  • Infrastructure
  • Private Client
  • Private Equity
  • Insurance
Contact
Lex Verweij
Partner BCM & Asset Management Europe
Lloyds Chambers, 5th Floor
1 Portsoken Street
London E1 8BT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7680 3809
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case studies / white papers
A firm headquartered in the Asia Pacific region approached McLagan seeking counsel regarding its incentive funding levels and practices for its capital markets and corporate banking lines of business.
case studies / white papers
It has been a crazy five years for United States banks. So much has changed and yet so little progress has been made. While all the stakeholders will no doubt agree that change has occurred, the real debate starts when we consider whether or not the sum of the changes have produced better or worse results.