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Recent headlines about a major technology company’s board compensation have reignited a familiar, and often reflexive, debate: how much is too much? It is an easy question, and the wrong one. The more ...

Susana Sierra is CEO of BH Compliance, a governance and compliance firm that developed G-Metrix to measure governance effectiveness. A well-designed compensation system is an essential pillar of ...

Our US-based private company clients – particularly later-stage companies – often ask us for guidance on board committees. This article explains what board committees are, key factors in determining ...

The panelists included issuers, institutional investors, compensation consultants and legal and regulatory experts. The idea behind the panels was to invite discussion on improvements to the existing ...

I first became a corporate director in 1968 serving on the board of a small company in California. Since that time, I’ve served on 15 other company boards and I continue to serve on one board today. I ...

1. Appointing a compensation committee to determine salaries. Fifty-six percent of non-profit hospitals report that executive compensation is decided by a compensation committee, according to the ...

Wage inequality is rising. According to Investopedia, the ratio of CEO pay to average worker pay in 2025 was 348-to-1. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) puts that number at 281 in 2024 compared with ...