Luc Lapalme, MBA, is a Principal at Laulima Consulting Inc. in Montreal, an executive- and employee-compensation consulting firm he joined in 2024; at the time of his podcast appearance he was a Senior Principal at Mercer. He holds an MBA in Management Consulting from ESG UQAM and has roughly 15 years of experience advising executives and compensation committees. He appeared on the podcast to discuss 2024 compensation planning, drawing on Mercer's employer salary-increase survey data.