D. HILTON ASSOCIATES, INC.

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D. Hilton Services

D. Hilton’s in-house staff of human resources, organizational development, and research consultants work to develop long-term relationships with our clients. This allows us to become your independent and trusted advisors as your institution faces new obstacles and continues growing. For over three decades, our firm has developed customized solutions in executive recruiting, compensation plan design, strategy development, board leadership, and SERP/Split Dollar plan design and implementation. Our offerings are backed by a wealth of support services and proprietary data focused exclusively on financial institutions.

Executive Recruiting

Effective leaders shape any institution's strategic direction, growth, culture, and customer experience. Therefore, the methodologies pursued in your leadership search must match your organization’s needs and vision to find the best-fit candidates. With thousands of successfully completed searches and decades of experience, D. Hilton has a proven search process focused on high-quality placements.

Our executive recruiting services include:

  • CEO Retained Executive Search
  • Executive Level Search
  • Executive Succession Planning
  • Internal Executive Assessments
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Compensation Services

D. Hilton works with financial institutions of all asset sizes in designing highly effective compensation programs that help attract and retain top talent. We recognize that ensuring your best and brightest feel fairly compensated and rewarded for their contributions is vital to the company’s success. Your compensation plan is a crucial component for developing a positive and productive company culture that inspires loyalty across your organization.

Our compensation services include:

  • Executive Compensation Plan Design and Administration
  • Variable Pay and Sales Plan Design
  • Organizational Reviews
  • Performance Management
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Retention & Retirement

The executive labor market is competitive, making your compensation and retirement plans essential tools in your retention efforts. Throughout decades of developing and implementing benefits programs for executive leadership in financial institutions, we have seen a direct correlation between employee satisfaction and the perceived quality of executive benefits packages.

Our retirement and retention services include:

  • SERP 457(f), and Split Dollar Programs:
    • Evaluation & Benchmarking
    • Design & Implementation
    • Ongoing Review
  • Benefits Prefunding Programs
  • Ongoing SERP 457(f) & Split Dollar Research
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Strategic Services

Throughout our extensive work in the financial services industry, D. Hilton has found that financial institutions have an imperative need for more developed planning processes, systems, and expertise. This need often comes down to a lack of resources, whether missing internal expertise, limited time, or workforce.

Our strategic services include:

  • Market Research (Customer, Non-Customer, and Community)
  • Merger Facilitation
  • Strategic Planning
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How can we help you?


D. Hilton Associates, Inc. specializes in the financial services industry, so we really know your business. For more information on each of our areas of practice, give us a call at (800) 367-0433 or send us a message online.

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