With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Cumberland provides executive compensation advice to clients, development of compensation strategies, design of annual and long-term compensation arrangements, assessments of competitive compensation and evaluation of tax and accounting ramification of compensation arrangements.
Brian Cumberland is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Dallas, where he leads the firm’s Restructuring Compensation practice.
In advising on executive compensation matters, Mr. Cumberland regularly deals with issues related to stock options, restricted stock, non-qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation, key employee incentive programs (KEIP) and key employee retention programs (KERP), global compensation strategies, golden parachute rules and the one-million deduction limitation.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Cumberland led KPMG’s Compensation and Benefits Group for the Southwest. Previously, he was with KPMG’s National Tax Practice in Washington.
Mr. Cumberland earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s School of Law. He also received a master of laws degree in taxation from the University of Denver.