This article is for senior professionals, executives and business owners who receive employee shares as part of their remuneration and want to understand how to manage vested shares, concentration risk and long-term wealth planning.
Article last updated 17 September 2026.
For many senior professionals, vested shares represent one of the most significant financial events of their career — and the decisions that follow can have a lasting impact.
Getting these decisions right - around tax, timing, concentration risk, and long-term goals - can make a meaningful difference to your financial future.
In this webinar, Rathbones experts Mike Winson and Chris Noble share a clear, practical framework for thinking through equity compensation decisions. From understanding your tax position at vesting, to managing the emotional pull of loyalty to your employer's stock, to connecting your equity to the life you actually want to live.
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