independent reward consultancy
About Reward Associates
RewardAssociates Limited was established in 2014 as an independent reward, organisation and workforce consultancy.
We help organisations solve complex reward and organisation challenges through a combination of senior expertise, robust analysis and practical implementation.
Our experience spans the UK and international markets and includes private-sector businesses, financial institutions, energy and industrial organisations, public-sector bodies, international and emerging-market organisations, professional services and not-for-profit organisations.
Reward Associates operates through a flexible network of experienced specialists. This allows us to build the right team around each assignment rather than imposing a large consulting structure.
Senior people doing the work
The people clients meet are the people who remain involved in the work. Assignments are led by experienced practitioners with consulting and in-house backgrounds, supported where appropriate by specialist associates.
What we do
- Reward strategy and total reward
- Executive remuneration
- Bonus and incentive design
- LTIPs and share plans
- Salary structures and pay progression
- Job evaluation and grading
- Job architecture and career frameworks
- Salary and executive benchmarking
- Benefits strategy and recognition
- Pay equity and equal pay
- Pay transparency
- Organisation design
- Spans and layers
- Workforce planning
- International reward
- M&A reward integration
- Reward transformation
- Interim reward leadership
Our approach
Strategic
We start with strategy, operating context, workforce and commercial priorities.
Evidence-based
Recommendations informed by data, market evidence, internal analysis and practical experience.
Practical
Solutions are designed with implementation in mind from the outset.
Independent
Objective advice tailored to each organisation, without a predetermined product to sell.
Senior-led
Clients work directly with experienced senior consultants throughout the engagement.
Founder
Jean-Baptiste Jugand
Jean-Baptiste is an experienced reward and organisation specialist with a career spanning complex transformation, reward strategy, organisation design and senior programme leadership.
He has worked with organisations operating in demanding and highly regulated environments and has experience across both UK and international contexts.
His work has included reward strategy, executive and senior remuneration, job evaluation and grading, job architecture, salary structures, benchmarking, benefits, pay equity, organisation design, performance and reward, workforce transformation, major change programmes, senior stakeholder engagement, implementation and governance.
Jean-Baptiste combines technical reward expertise with broader organisation and transformation experience, allowing Reward Associates to address issues that extend beyond individual reward policies.
Flexible specialist capability
Our Associate Network
Reward Associates works with a trusted network of experienced independent practitioners. Associates are selected according to the specific expertise, geography and scale required for each assignment.
Examples of our associate network
Katy Downes FCIPD
Reward, engagement and employee experience
Katy is an HR and reward specialist with more than 25 years’ experience, with particular expertise in reward, job evaluation, employee engagement, recognition, benefits, employee experience, health and wellbeing. She brings a practical, people-centred approach to helping organisations improve how reward is understood and experienced.
Tom Dempster CMgr FCMI
Organisation development and leadership
Tom is an organisation development and talent consulting specialist whose experience includes City Football Group, Korn Ferry and Manchester City Council. His work spans organisation development, leadership development and helping organisations translate people strategy into practical change. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Associate involvement is agreed for each assignment and is subject to scope and availability.
Why Reward Associates?
Senior expertise
Experienced support rather than a heavily leveraged consulting model.
Broad capability
Reward, organisation and workforce expertise in one proposition.
Commercial focus
Solutions balance competitiveness, fairness, affordability and business needs.
Practical implementation
Support does not stop when the presentation is delivered.
Company information
RewardAssociates Limited
Established: 2014
Registered in England and Wales
Company number: 09281948
An independent reward consultancy
As an independent reward consultancy, Reward Associates combines senior expertise with flexible specialist teams and practical implementation. Clients work directly with experienced practitioners, with advice shaped around business priorities, workforce needs, affordability and risk. Our associate model provides relevant capability without unnecessary consulting layers, while maintaining clear accountability and confidential, objective support.
Let’s talk
If you are reviewing reward strategy, redesigning your organisation or facing a complex pay or workforce challenge, we would be pleased to discuss how Reward Associates could support you.