Compensation Committee Leadership Network (CCLN) members did not mince words in their reactions to the proposed rule put forward by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requiring disclosure of the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay. “On all my…
Executive Compensation
The incidence of cancer has been estimated at 11 million cases per year with a global prevalence of 25 million cases, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that within the next decade these figures could increase up to 50%, reaching…
/ Healthcare
The core of a compensation committee’s responsibility is to set the pay of executives in light of the company’s and the executives’ own performance. At the CCLN meeting on November 12 and 13, members discussed the challenge of defining corporate…
Executive Compensation
On October 2–3, 2013, Lead Director Network (LDN) members met in Washington, DC, with general counsel (GCs) from many of the public companies represented in the network to discuss how GCs can work with their lead directors and boards most…
Board risk oversight
Since the launch of the Bank Governance Leadership Network (BGLN) in 2009, participants have been discussing approaches to improve risk governance. There is now general acknowledgement that in the lead-up to the global financial crisis, significant…
Governance, Risk management and oversight / Banking
On July 9 and 10, the Compensation Committee Leadership Network (CCLN) convened in New York to discuss challenges facing compensation leaders in today’s large companies. This ViewPoints summarizes network members’ discussion on three important…
Executive Compensation
On 28 June 2013, members of the European Audit Committee Leadership Network (EACLN) met in Paris to discuss ethics and compliance, among other topics. This document summarizes the key points that members raised in the discussion, along with…
Boards and General Management
On 28 June 2013, members of the European Audit Committee Leadership Network (EACLN) met in Paris to discuss executive remuneration, among other topics. For the session on executive remuneration, members were joined by Piia Pilv, a partner at…
Executive Compensation
On June 5, 2013, members of the North American Audit Committee Leadership Network (ACLN) met in New York to discuss the audit committee’s relationship with the chief financial officer (CFO) and the finance organization, among other topics.
This…
Boards and General Management
On June 4–5, 2013, members of the North American Audit Committee Leadership Network (ACLN) and the Lead Director Network (LDN) met jointly in New York to discuss the board’s oversight of risk, among other topics.
This document summarizes the key…
Board risk oversight