Mary-Ann Petersen
CCP, GRP
Senior Global Compensation Specialist
Enerflex

Mary-Ann Petersen is a Senior Global Compensation Specialist with more than 20 years of HR experience across compensation, total rewards, employee wellness, and talent acquisition in both public and private sector organizations. She specializes in designing, implementing, and governing compensation programs that support business growth, talent attraction, and employee engagement.

At Enerflex, she leads global compensation initiatives across multiple regions, partnering with business leaders, Finance, HR, and executives to develop market-competitive and internally equitable pay programs. Her work includes job evaluation, market benchmarking, salary structure design, incentive plan governance, compensation compliance, and pay transparency readiness. She supports enterprise-wide compensation decisions that align with business objectives and regulatory requirements across a diverse global workforce.

Mary-Ann has extensive experience with job evaluation frameworks, salary structures, and broad-based, director, and executive compensation programs. Her expertise includes market pricing, incentive design and governance, compensation analytics, pay equity, and large-scale compensation review processes. She is known for turning complex compensation concepts into practical, data-driven solutions that help leaders make informed pay decisions.

She has led compensation projects across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia, supporting organizations through growth, change, and evolving legislation. She is an active member of WorldatWork, the Calgary Total Rewards Network, and CPHR Alberta, and serves on the Total Rewards Advisory Board for Signal49. She also enjoys mentoring emerging HR professionals and contributing to the Total Rewards community.

One Pay Philosophy. Very Different Markets.

Tuesday, 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

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Compensation
Compensation
Global
Global
Pay Equity & Transparency
Pay Equity & Transparency
Total Rewards
Total Rewards