Gayle Appelbaum is a partner at McLagan’s corporate and consumer banking consulting practice, based out of the Minneapolis office. Ms. Appelbaum brings over 30 years of experience to her clients. Her extensive knowledge of compensation trends and the banking industry, coupled with her keen ability to understand each client’s needs, enables her to create solutions unique to each situation. She specializes in developing incentive compensation plans that balance short and long-term risk while building shareholder value. Ms. Appelbaum’s expertise encompasses the full spectrum of compensation and benefits issues, including corporate governance, pay-for-performance, risk assessment, taxation, regulatory compliance and compensation agreement provisions.