Board Pay: Heightened scrutiny of CEO and executive compensation

CM Murray LLP - Employment, Partnership and Regulatory Law

Following the 4th IFSEA International Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives & Founders in June 2023, we are delighted to share with you a follow up podcast on the session, 'Board Pay: Heightened scrutiny of CEO and executive compensation.' In this podcast between the IFSEA annual conference panellists, this amazing panel discuss whether compensation increases are matched to meeting ESG and other targets. Emma Bartlett, CM Murray LLP (UK) Teresa L. Johnson, Arnold & Porter (San Francisco, USA) Dr Johannes Traut, Seitz (Germany) In particular, the panel discuss: • The pay gap between a CEO/Executive and workers and how this differs between jurisdictions • What factors are taken into account when drafting executive compensation packages? • How important is ESG for firms and is there an incentive for firms to have ESG targets? • Shareholders and customers are driving an increase in ESG and CSR targets within executive compensation packages, but to what extent are executive incentives weighed against these targets? • How firms are balancing ESG targets and financial business targets?