An Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) is a form of remuneration given to employees, to retain or to reward them based on their performance. Usually offered in the form as company shares, it gives employees ownership rights as a shareholder.
In this session of Ask the VC; we’ll discuss the need to establish an ESOP pool, what an appropriate size allocation should be and how to utilise ESOP for hiring and incentivizing existing employees.
An Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) is a form of remuneration given to employees, to retain or to reward them based on their performance. Usually offered in the form as company shares, it gives employees ownership rights as a shareholder.
In this session of Ask the VC; we’ll discuss the need to establish an ESOP pool, what an appropriate size allocation should be and how to utilise ESOP for hiring and incentivizing existing employees.
45 minutes presentation
15 minutes Q&A
How to set up your own Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)
Why you should set up an ESOP
What is the appropriate allocation size
How to utilise ESOP for hiring and incentives
Kevin has spent most of his career in Investment Management collectively overseeing more than USD 500 million in Assets Under Management. He has broad experience working in global roles and regional roles, most recently he has been based in Malaysia for the last five years overseeing the Asia operations for a global fund manager. He has been involved in hundreds of transactions spanning 20+ countries and has helped many of them to scale internationally. In 2021, he launched a new fund, Indelible Ventures. Indelible Ventures is a Seed Stage Venture Fund focused on Malaysia targeting tech-enabled B2B products that can scale internationally.