Garrett Griffin is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC in Houston.  Garrett advises clients on compensation and benefits matters, focusing on compensation program design across all phases of a company's lifecycle.  Garrett also assists with the review, design, benchmarking and implementation of both equity-based and non-equity-based compensation programs, performing market analyses to align compensation with companies' business strategies and evaluating the tax and accounting ramifications of compensation.

Prior to re-joining Alvarez & Marsal, Garrett served as VP Total Rewards and Head of Compensation at Crown Castle, Inc., a Fortune 500 company engaged in telecommunications infrastructure.  In this role, Garrett had responsibility for leading the compensation and benefits functions, including executive compensation and governance.  In this role, Garrett worked regularly with the Board of Directors and the independent compensation consultant.  Prior to his time with Crown Castle, Garrett was in various consulting and leadership roles with both Alvarez & Marsal and Mercer HR Consulting.

Garrett is a graduate of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a BBA with majors in Business Honors and Engineering Route to Business, focusing in Finance and Mechanical Systems.  Garrett is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP) through WorldatWork.