As the EU Pay Transparency Directive moves closer to implementation across Europe, Total Rewards professionals are navigating a growing list of questions about what the requirements will mean in practice.
This interactive Ask Me Anything session will begin with a brief overview of the current state of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, including key developments, implementation timelines, and areas organizations should be watching. From there, the conversation turns to you.
Bring your questions about preparing for the Directive, pay structures, reporting requirements, employee communications, compliance challenges, or the practical decisions your organization is facing. Our experts will spend the majority of the session responding to audience questions and exploring the issues that matter most to practitioners working through implementation. Rather than another presentation on what the Directive says, this session is designed to help you think through what it means for your organization and what you should be doing now.
Global senior corporate practitioner and advisor with 28+ y. of experience in matrixed international organizations, with Rewards, HR, and management consulting background. Longstanding instructor with WorldatWork and other institutions; technical reviewer and global author and speaker, widely recognized by other senior experts in Total Rewards and Human Capital fields.
Mario is Managing Partner and CEO of Zereon Associates GmbH, Switzerland-based global boutique management consultancy Firm, and a Big-4 Compensation part-time “of-counsel”. He has worked for the likes of Philip Morris, Zurich Insurance, Takeda, Julius Baer, Holcim, Japan Tobacco, Palo Alto Networks, Colgate, Roche, Nestle, Syngenta and many others. Previously, Mario held senior management positions in Global and Regional HR, Rewards, Organizational Transformation and Mobility at Indra, SR Technics, Ball Corp, Ecolab, Altadis-Imperial Tobacco, Mercer, and Arthur Andersen (responsibilities over 35+ countries in all world regions up to 30+ bill. USD corporations).
Education: 2 international EMBAs (ESADE-Babson College Boston, ESCP-Paris); Digital Transformation, Venture Capital and Agile diplomas (MIT top 2% of cohort; ZHAW, Berkeley, EXIN); MA & BA in Business (ICADE Spain). Mario is an active member of Swiss and global Reward communities and other HR and MBA alumni associations.
As a Total Rewards consultant, Artila Metaliaj helps companies design and implement strategies that positively impact people’s lives while balancing what is legally required and what is financially available.
Artila enjoys working at the intersection of Finance, HR, and Legal and has spent over ten years immersed in both the HR and business worlds.
For Artila, Total Rewards is not just a profession, it’s a calling. Her passion lies in transforming compensation structures to create environments where employees thrive and businesses flourish.
