Meridian
Compensation Partners

Michael Wach is a Principal in Meridian’s Calgary office, where he advises Compensation Committees, boards of directors, and senior leadership teams on executive and director compensation. He works with clients to develop compensation programs that attract, retain, and motivate key talent while aligning executive pay with corporate strategy and shareholder interests.

Michael has extensive experience developing compensation philosophies and pay strategies, benchmarking executive and director compensation, and designing annual and long-term incentive programs. His expertise includes selecting and calibrating performance metrics that reinforce business objectives and support pay-for-performance alignment.

Michael advises large publicly traded companies across the oil and gas, midstream, and utilities sectors, as well as other capital-intensive industries, including mining, chemicals, and forestry. He helps Compensation Committees navigate complex pay decisions by balancing corporate strategy, competitive market practices, investor expectations, and regulatory developments.

Prior to joining Meridian, Michael was a Managing Director at Willis Towers Watson, where he spent 20 years advising many of Canada’s largest publicly traded companies.

Michael is a Fellow of both the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Mathematics from the University of Manitoba.