As the responsibilities and risks facing corporate directors continue to climb, board compensation is quietly increasing across U.S. companies. But while many companies remain cautious about staying aligned with peers, new data from MyLogIQ highlights the outliers: the boards paying significantly more than the market norm. MyLogIQ Data Highlights the Highest-Paid Directors in the Market…
Governance Professionals Caution Against Knee-Jerk Reactions to Shifting Political Winds Meta Platforms added Dana White, CEO of UFC and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, to its board this month. The headline-grabbing appointment comes as companies are donating money and setting up face-to-face meetings with Trump to win favor with the new president. However, sources…
As companies navigate a landscape defined by rapid change, geopolitical complexity, and rising stakeholder expectations, Agenda finds that boards are increasingly looking for directors who bring resilience, strategic clarity, and crisis-tested leadership. One surprising but powerful source of such talent? Military veterans. A growing number of public company boards are welcoming military-experienced directors—leaders who bring…
A look at the demographics and skills of S&P 500 directors. Corporate boards have greater racial and gender diversity than ever before, new data on S&P 500 companies shows. …Other demographics for directors, such as median age, have remained little changed, according to figures from the public company intelligence provider MyLogIQ.
Companies with independent directors who’ve served on the board for more than 15 years are less prone to class action lawsuits and activist motions, research shows. …A study found that long-tenured independent board members bring value to companies in multiple ways. …In that time, 486 companies in the Russell 3000 were sued, meaning some firms…
PE-linked directors can bring specialized knowledge — and sometimes frustration — to the boardroom The number of public company board directors with private-equity experience has notably increased over the past decade, ultimately changing the culture and approach of public boards. Some 37% of Russell 3000 companies had at least one director with PE experience in…
Issues moving away from narrow committee oversight Board members are shifting narrow oversight of several topics on committees to the full board as urgency rises to handle everything from human capital issues to whistleblower concerns with a complete set of eyes, Agenda’s latest Directors’ and Officers’ Outlook Survey shows. This is a reversal from last…
Disclosures about directors’ skills and expertise are increasingly coming under the microscope as investors ramp up calls to link board members’ skills with company needs and strategy and activists use the universal proxy to seize upon alleged deficiencies in boardroom competence. Now, new research could add fuel to the fire. A recent study suggests that…
Large companies have seen significant board turnover in the past several months, capping off a year of increased focus from stakeholders on individual directors’ skill sets and board refreshment. Companies also appointed a large number of directors with government connections. Some 80% of S&P 500 directors currently say they have government and/or regulatory relations experience,…
Using the CompanyIQ corporate governance research platform, we analyzed how R3000 companies structure board oversight of ESG initiatives. Among our findings are that there has not been much growth in ESG-specific committees.