The #MeToo movement has led directors to take a harder look at internal policies around harassment, including whether they need the ability to claw back the pay of an executive who is entangled in a sexual misconduct scandal. Indeed, boards wield an incredibly important sword in clawbacks, and it can protect directors if a matter…
Once an unusual occurrence, CEOs’ stepping down to take board or executive chair positions while new, typically first-time CEO replacements get their bearings has become routine in recent years. In an orderly internal transition, the move is thought to signal stability to customers, key clients, employees and investors, and often lasts about one or two…
Missing one regular in-person board meeting and two telephone audit committee meetings was enough to drive Eric Rose’s attendance on the Abiomed board down to 70%. Prior to 2018, Rose, a heart surgeon and researcher, had attended all board and audit committee meetings since he joined the board in 2014. However, his difficult 2018 schedule and lackluster attendance…
At many companies, the biggest raises in the C-suite this year didn’t go to those who hold the chief executive title. New research from several compensation advisories shows that pay raises among named executive officers in the Russell 3000 this past year outpaced those of CEOs. On one hand, the pay bumps for non-CEOs could show that…
Les Moonves, the former CEO of CBS who was ousted last month over multiple accusations of sexual harassment, turned out to be the fifth highest paid CEO in the U.S. in 2017, according to the latest review of CEO salary data by nonprofit research group Conference Board in partnership with Gallagher and MyLogIQ. Moonves, 68, earned $69.3…
Stock awards have become a key compensation vehicle used by boards in their efforts to better align pay and performance for the long term, almost entirely replacing stock options. It is one of the main findings from a new report, CEO and Executive Compensation Practices: 2018 Edition, a collaboration by The Conference Board, Gallagher, and MyLogIQ. In…
Stock awards have become a key compensation vehicle used by boards in their efforts to better align pay and performance for the long term, almost entirely replacing stock options. It is one of the main findings from a new report, CEO and Executive Compensation Practices: 2018 Edition, a collaboration by The Conference Board, Gallagher, and…
As board evaluation processes mature, directors are becoming more willing to conduct in-depth evaluations of their peers and the full board, including asking members of management to describe their perspective on the board’s overall effectiveness via a third-party consultant. Though management’s input was once thought to be an unnecessary source of information, boards and consultants…
Keeping a job, any job, for 20 years or more is becoming rarer and rarer. The feat may be uniquely treacherous for the chief executive officer of a publicly traded company that is judged on quarterly performance. As goes the company, so goes the CEO’s career. Among the companies that comprise the S&P 500 index,…
Boards are stuffing audit committees with new directors who have deep financial backgrounds as well as digital and e-commerce experience. Directors appointed to the boards of such companies as Becton Dickinson Co., Chesapeake Energy, GameStop, JetBlue Airways, MGM Resorts International, PulteGroup and United Rentals during the past four weeks have also been assigned to serve on audit committees, according to intelligence from SEC filings…
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