Carine Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Carine Schneider is the CEO of Global Shares, an independent provider of global stock plan administration and consulting. Ms. Schneider has 20+ years of experience in equity and executive compensation, including four years of experience in a corporate environment.
Carine has held various positions within the industry, including most recently as Director of Strategic Planning and Development with Citigroup/Smith Barney, was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and was the Leader of the Global Stock Plan Services group at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. In 1992, Carine was the founding Executive Director of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP). Carine was also the Director of Customer Services for Corporate Management Solutions (now Computershare) and was the Manager of Shareholder Relations at Oracle Corporation where she assisted in the initial public offering and managed all aspects of the company's various stock plans.
In 1999, Ms. Schneider was a co-founder of the Global Equity Organization (GEO). She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
Ms. Schneider was born in The Netherlands and speaks Dutch as well as English. She received her degree in Psychology and Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
She is the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Santa Clara University Equity Professionals Certification Program (Chair-elect). She is a member of GEO, NASPP and the NCEO. In addition, she is an invited member of the Advanced Share Studies Group in the United Kingdom. She is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and has authored various articles and chapters in leader stock plan books. In 2006, Carine was asked to represent the industry as a member of the accreditation team reviewing the National College of Ireland Masters Program in Employee Ownership.