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Board Compensation and Composition Align Directors With Stakeholders

By Mandy Wright

02/20/2022

Directorship Magazine

As boards have maneuvered through the pandemic, a new presidential administration, and the biggest increase in inflation in decades, median total direct compensation, or the total board compensation plus total committee compensation, inched ahead 3 percent year over year, according to the 2021–2022 NACD Director Compensation Report, produced in collaboration with Pearl Meyer. Meanwhile, the prevalence of committee meeting fees saw an overall decline of 2 percent from the prior year’s study, continuing an ongoing trend of simplification...

Mandy Wright
Mandy Wright is senior editor of Directorship magazine.

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