Report: CEO pay landscape in Europe’s Top 100 companies
Key findings
- The Shareholders’ Rights Directive is the key driver influencing Executive Director compensation now and in the coming years.
- Over the past year there has been evidence of increasing shareholder pressure on exceptionally high pay levels and further alignment of pay practices across Europe.
- Pay levels for almost every element analysed remained stable.
- In relation to incentive design, companies are concentrating on reviewing metrics and amending their calibration – with a focus on both weighting and defining pay-out curves.
- There is an increasing focus on pay fairness, which is largely being driven by public opinion. This goes beyond CEO pay and also includes gender pay reporting and boards taking into consideration the views and interests of employees.
Supplied by REBA Associate Member, WTW
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