Tom McMullen
Senior Client Partner
Korn Ferry
CCP®, GRP®, CSCP®, CECP®, CBP®

McMullen has several decades of experience as a total rewards practitioner and consultant. As a leader in Korn Ferry’s global total rewards solution group, McMullen is accountable for a wide variety of reward and performance management solution design, thought leadership, innovation and capability development initiatives. His consulting work focuses on rewards strategy, base salary, variable pay, performance management systems, work measurement, organizational structural design and organizational effectiveness programs. McMullen holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and an MBA from the University of Louisville. Previously, he held senior rewards roles with PepsiCo and Humana. He has served on the Chicago Compensation Association Board and has been a member of the WorldatWork Compensation Advisory Board, the Advisory Board for Compensation & Benefits Review and the Total Rewards Advisory Board for HR.com. McMullen has been quoted widely in the world media, is a leading speaker on rewards and HR issues and has contributed to a number of articles and books on rewards-related topics. 

Professional Designation Professional Designations/ Accreditations:
  • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®)
  • Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®)
  • Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP®)
  • Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP®)
  • Certified Benefits Professional (CBP®)
Education Education
  • MBA from the University of Louisville
  • BS in Mathematics  from the University of Louisville

McMullen has several decades of experience as a total rewards practitioner and consultant. As a leader in Korn Ferry’s global total rewards solution group, McMullen is accountable for a wide variety of reward and performance management solution design, thought leadership, innovation and capability development initiatives. His consulting work focuses on rewards strategy, base salary, variable pay, performance management systems, work measurement, organizational structural design and organizational effectiveness programs. McMullen holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and an MBA from the University of Louisville. Previously, he held senior rewards roles with PepsiCo and Humana. He has served on the Chicago Compensation Association Board and has been a member of the WorldatWork Compensation Advisory Board, the Advisory Board for Compensation & Benefits Review and the Total Rewards Advisory Board for HR.com. McMullen has been quoted widely in the world media, is a leading speaker on rewards and HR issues and has contributed to a number of articles and books on rewards-related topics.