Gary is a founder and managing partner of Birches Group, based in New York. He provides executive leadership to the firm. Gary specializes in Organization Design, including Job Design, Skills Assessment, and Performance Management, and has led large-scale projects for many of our clients in these areas. Gary is the primary designer of our Community™ methodology, and an expert on the history and evolution of work. Before forming Birches Group, Gary had a long career with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), where he was responsible for compensation and HR policy.

Lars is a founder and partner of Birches Group, and managing director of Birches Umeå, based in Umeå, Sweden. Lars is an expert data modeler, and provides special analyses with rich, graphical elements for many of our consulting projects. He also works with clients on salary scale design. Lars is one of the architects of our survey methodology and Indigo™ software, and continues to innovate and improve our tools and systems. Prior to Birches Group, Lars was part of the team that managed salary surveys for the UN system.

Lulu is a founding partner of Birches Group. She is responsible for oversight of our Operations Center in Manila, Philippines, and works with select clients on compensation surveys and scale design projects. Lulu has worked on many projects involving staff unions and other groups where complex and difficult compensation issues needed to be addressed. Lulu was a career UN employee and part of the UNDP compensation team. Lulu splits her time between our offices in New York and Manila.

Jeff is a founder and partner at Birches Group in New York. Jeff manages some of our most important client relationships with large, international public sector organizations, and oversees the development and evolution of our technology solutions to ensure alignment with client needs. Prior to forming Birches Group, Jeff gained nine years of developing market compensation experience as part of the UNDP compensation team. He is fluent in English, French, and Spanish, and is an attorney admitted to the New York State Bar.

Warren joined Birches Group in New York as a partner in 2007, following a long career in Compensation and Benefits at Colgate-Palmolive. He held the position of Director, International Compensation for 10 years immediately prior to joining Birches Group. Warren has broad experience working across the globe with clients on local national and expatriate compensation projects. He leads our Business Development and Client Services teams, and manages our strategic partnerships around the world. Warren previously held leadership positions for the Expatriate Management Committee of the National Foreign Trade Council and was president of the Latin America Compensation and Benefits Forum.

Bea is the leader of our business with large international public sector organizations and manages our team of project managers. She has been with Birches Group since the inception of the company and has a wide range of experience with our clients, products, and services. Prior to this role, Bea was the manager of our Manila Data Center.

PJ leads our Design and Strategy Team in Manila, focusing on the continuing evolution of our products and services. His team also provides consulting services in the areas of organization design, job evaluation, scale design, training, skills assessment, and performance management. PJ began his Birches Group career as a survey analyst in 2006.

Sleg manages our survey operations team, which is responsible for securing data, data analysis, and survey production for our surveys in over 150 countries. She began her Birches Group career as a survey analyst, serving as a team leader for Latin America before assuming her current role. Sleg is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Janix leads our Business Development Team for multisector (corporate and smaller international government clients) in Manila. Her team is responsible for managing sales and survey participation and works closely with our strategic partners to continuously grow our business and ensure we are meeting our clients’ needs. 

Ryan is the leader of our information technology group in Manila. Ryan and his team are responsible for the development and maintenance of our proprietary software systems, and provides support for computer operations in Manila. Ryan began his Birches Group career as a systems analyst and has progressed to his current role over a 10-year tenure.

Carel manages our internal human resources function and is heavily involved in recruitment, skills assessment, and performance management for the team, assisting managers with all aspects of HR. She also oversees our accounting, invoicing, and facilities management in Manila.

Curtis leads the Birches Group International Development Practice, including our business with international NGOs and other international development clients. He also manages our NGO Business Development Team in Manila. Prior to joining Birches Group, Curtis had a long career with another consultancy, and prior to that, functional HR roles for the Methodist Church. He has been working with development organizations for over 20 years and understands the unique challenges development- and mission-driven organizations face in managing their human resources. He is based in Savannah, Georgia.

Reena manages large, specialized consulting projects, key client relationships, as well as oversees the implementation of Performance Management with key clients. Reena began her Birches Group career as a Compensation Analyst in 2010 and has progressed to become a Team Lead for the Africa region and managed many of our specialized surveys in different countries, before assuming her current role under consulting and project management. Reena is also a fluent French-speaker.

Bianca manages our Marketing Team in Manila. She crafts messaging around Community™ concepts and develops promotional campaigns answering why Community™ should be each organization’s preferred solution, focusing on its simplicity and integrated approach. She has held various roles within Birches Group since 2009, starting as a Compensation Analyst and worked her way to Compensation Team Lead, and Training Program Services Manager. In addition to her current role in marketing and communications, she represents Birches Group in international HR conferences with private sector audiences.

Vitto manages large, specialized consulting projects, and key client relationships. 

As the Product Development Manager, Kate transforms ideas into client value and drives attainment of company goals.  She is the owner of the product development process, coordinates closely with various internal teams to identify market opportunities, develop business cases, define requirements, and ensure timely development, testing, and delivery to clients.

Michael is part of our Information Technology Team in Manila. As Senior Developer, he leads the design and implementation of our web-based Community™ platform and each of its solutions. 

JM manages our Client Services Team in Manila. Her team receives and addresses queries and support requirements of clients, from access to our different Community™ solutions, product demonstrations, and ongoing support. JM began her career at Birches Group as a Compensation Analyst, then moved into a Senior Analyst role under our NGO Engagement team before assuming her current role under Client Services.

Kipp oversees engagement activities for private sector and international organization clients in multiple countries. He works closely with our business development team to grow survey participation and identify further business opportunities in collaboration with our strategic partners. Kipp began his career in Birches Group as a Compensation Analyst in the Asia regional team, moved into a Senior Analyst role under our Europe and Middle East team before moving into Business Development.

Josef also oversees engagement activities for our private sector and international organization clients in multiple countries. He works closely with our business development team to grow survey participation and identify further business opportunities in collaboration with our strategic partners. Josef began his career in Birches Group as an Account Executive, then Senior Account Executive under our Outreach team before assuming the Team Lead role in Business Development.

Timmy oversees engagement activities for our NGO sector clients in multiple countries. She works closely with our business development team to grow survey participation and identify further business opportunities on different Community™ solutions to our clients. Timmy began her career in Birches Group as a Compensation Analyst then transitioned to Senior Analyst under our NGO engagement team before moving into Business Development.

Sheila oversees engagement activities for our NGO sector clients in multiple countries. She works closely with our business development team to grow survey participation and identify further business opportunities on different Community™ solutions to our clients. Sheila began her career in Birches Group in 2015 as a Compensation Analyst in 2015, then transitioned to Senior Account Executive under our Business Development team.

Dani oversees quality control and delivery of our compensation surveys in our East Africa and Asia regions. She has regional expertise in these markets and leads a team of analysts responsible for securing data, data analysis, and survey production. She began her career in Birches Group as a Compensation Analyst in our Latin America team, became Team Lead for Latin America before assuming her current role overseeing East Africa and Asia.

Stephanie oversees quality control and delivery of our compensation surveys in our Latin American and Caribbean regions. She has regional expertise in these markets and leads a team of analysts responsible for securing data, data analysis, and survey production. She began her career in Birches Group as a Compensation Analyst in our Latin America team, then Senior Analyst before assuming her role as Team Lead. She speaks fluent Spanish.

Alex oversees quality control and delivery of our compensation surveys in our Europe and Middle East regions. She has regional expertise in these markets and leads a team of analysts responsible for securing data, data analysis, and survey production. Alex began her career in Birches Group as a Compensation Analyst under our Africa team, then Senior Analyst before assuming her role as Team Lead.