Category: Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation: Trends and Considerations
Cathryn Edmondson | 31 January 2025
February is often a key time of year for Remuneration Committees to sign off on pay review budgets. If you are finalising your papers or preparing for February meetings, read Cathryn Edmonson’s hot topics on the Remco agenda regarding Executive Remuneration in 2025.
Six compensation strategies to attract and retain talent
Sarah Lardner | 17 January 2025
Executive Compensation | Equal Pay
When designing a compensation and reward strategy, companies usually start by defining their core principles.
What are the key factors affecting executive pay strategies in 2022?
17 March 2022
Executive Pay | Executive Compensation | Executive | Pay Review
We know only too well the challenges with wage inflation and hiring of talent right now. Whilst we may think this predominantly impacts low to mid-level roles, the reality is, the same issues extend to Executive level roles too.
ESG metrics in executive pay: creating long term sustainable value for all stakeholders
11 November 2020
Executive Pay | Executive Compensation | Exec pay | Responsible Reward | ESG
Before Covid-19, many organisations looked to the UN Sustainability Goals to provide them with an environmental and societal purpose, but the pandemic has thrown up new challenges, as well as opportunities to make a difference. Sarah Lardner reviews how ESG can be used to best effect within the executive package.
How do you set Exec pay when all normal measures are out the window?
28 April 2020
Executive Pay | Executive Compensation | Remcom | Exec pay
With the future of the traditional LTIP in doubt right now, this is a real opportunity for Remco’s to support a resetting of Executive Pay and rebuild trust not just within their organisations but also outside them, and fulfil their social responsibility to stakeholders.
Genuine gestures or PR stunt?
03 April 2020
Executive Compensation | Remcom | Reward Consultancy | Long Term Incentives | Pay Fairness | Exec pay | LTIP | Business Ethics | Covid-19
Innecto's Justine Woolf explains why headline reports of CEOs taking salary cuts aren't all they appear, and whether football clubs should consider cutting players' pay in line with other staff.
Born in the USA: Lessons on CEO Pay Ratios
18 February 2020
Boardroom | CEO Pay Ratios | Corporate Governance | Executive Pay | Executive Compensation | HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Remcom | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Employee communications
The UK's first round of reporting CEO pay ratios is on the way - but what lessons should we learn from experiences across the pond? Client Director Judith Moore looks at fairness, narratives, managing stakeholders and the future of disclosing executive pay.
Gender pay gap: Why are men still ruling the executive roost, and what can we do about it?
05 November 2019
Boardroom | Executive Compensation | HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Leadership | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Gap | Exec pay | Women in leadership | Flexible working | Agile working
A new study shows that having a diverse executive team improves company performance. Yet men still fill the vast majority of executive positions, resulting in a gender pay gap on a national scale. Sarah Lardner asks why is this the case, and what can we do about it?
How to lead the way with a ‘light touch’ RemCom approach
24 September 2019
Corporate Governance | Executive Compensation | Leadership | Organisational Design
How businesses manage the pay of their employees and particularly their executive remuneration is coming under increasing scrutiny - so what can employers do to stay ahead of the game? Sarah Lardner offers some solid advice on a framework that will help companies raise the bar.
Is Senior Pay in universities broken?
26 February 2019
Corporate Governance | Executive Compensation | HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Reward Consultancy | Pay Fairness | Gender Pay | Measuring pay | Global reward
University Senior Pay has come in for a lot of criticism in recent years. Innecto’s Senior Consultant James Bigus explains how universities can craft a considered pay position and demonstrate real value for money.
Let’s get ready to RemCom - Part 2
09 October 2018
Boardroom | CEO Pay Ratios | Corporate Governance | Executive Compensation | Financial Reporting Council | HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Remcom | Reward Consultancy
In the second part of our RemCom series, Innecto's Gemma Bullivant looks at another significant update to the Corporate Governance Code: an extended edition of Board Effectiveness Guidance.
Let's get ready to RemCom - Part 1
02 October 2018
Boardroom | CEO Pay Ratios | Corporate Governance | Executive Compensation | Financial Reporting Council | HR Reward | Pay Transparency | Remcom | Reward Consultancy
In part 1 of our kick-off to RemCom season, Innecto Client Director Gemma Bullivant takes you through a handy summary of relevant changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code. This week, it's the introduction of Executive (CEO) Pay Ratio Reporting and its implications for the wider business.