Mayer Brown partner Jennifer Zepralka will participate in the 2025 Corporate Governance Roundtable, hosted by the Harvard Program on Corporate Governance. The Roundtable focuses on current issues in corporate governance, including:
Board Compensation
Comparative Director Compensation and Demands
A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION SURVEYS: PART III
Director compensation varies considerably around the world, reflecting different director duties, legal and regulatory frameworks, and market expectations.
Compensation
The United States and Canada, for example, have the highest median total non-executive director compensation, both close to US$200,000, including cash, equity, and other benefits. In both countries, directors…
Trends in Director Compensation
A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION SURVEYS: PART I
Historically, public company directors served without pay and with light workloads. Even after 1969, when Delaware law first authorized directors to set their own compensation, pay remained nominal. Directors generally kept a low profile, with a mandate often limited to advising or cheering on the chief executive.
All…
The Inherent Conflict in Setting Director Pay
“I need to make money.” That is the reason given for joining the board of directors of Signature Bank by former Congressman Barney Frank. That reason, perhaps all too commonplace today, would have been out of place just a few decades ago. Read more in Directors & Boards Magazine