James Sadler

Director Remuneration & Benefits at SEEK Limited

Greater Melbourne Area

About

James is an experienced Performance and Reward professional with over 20 years experience working in Australia and the UK in both corporate and consulting roles. Currently Senior Manager Executive Remuneration at Orica, James is responsible for the design and implementation of Orica's Execuitive Remuneration framework. This includes short and long-term incentives, fixed remuneration benchmarking and market positioning, corporate reporting including preparation of the remuneration report and preparation of Board and Remuneration Committee papers. More recently, James has also led the redesign and implementation of Orica's approach to Performance Management. Key areas of expertise include Short and long-term incentive plan design and implementation Design, grant and vesting of global employee share plans in over 30 countries Tax and accounting impacts of reward design Managing annual salary review and STI outcomes Remuneration report drafting and compilation Engaging senior executives and directors on reward design Board and Remuneration Committee paper preparation Performance Management design and implementation Global Mobility

Experience

  • Director Remuneration & Benefits at SEEK
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Head of Performance & Reward at Incitec Pivot Limited
    Aug 2022 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Head of Employee Reward at Origin Energy
    Nov 2020 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Remuneration Manager - Executive at Orica
    Feb 2013 - Nov 2020 · 7 yrs 10 mos

  • Executive Director at Ernst & Young
    Aug 2005 - Feb 2013 · 7 yrs 7 mos