Excellence in Remuneration and Nomination

Remuneration & Nomination Committees are under growing pressure to both design executive pay structures that are aligned with the company strategy and credible to all stakeholders, while also ensuring the board has the right composition and succession pipeline for what lies ahead. This masterclass brings these two critical responsibilities together, offering practical insights to help board members navigate the evolving expectations around executive remuneration, board effectiveness, and succession planning and support long-term value creation.

What to expect

Through interactive sessions and expert insights, this masterclass will explore:

How to strengthen the board's remuneration governance

How to design a pay-for-performance scheme that is aligned with the company's strategy

How to enhance remuneration disclosure and stakeholder legitimacy

How to build excellence in their board composition, succession and renewal

Participants will leave this masterclass with practical insights and decision frameworks to lead their board's remuneration and nomination activities with greater confidence and rigour.

Sessions

Session 1: Board remuneration governance

Remuneration governance architecture and committee responsibilities

Regulatory update for Remuneration & Nomination Committee members

NED compensation practices: lessons learned from Guberna studies

Speaker: Prof. dr. Regine Slagmulder (Guberna)

Session 2: Designing executive remuneration that drives strategy and performance

Designing effective incentive systems, including the choice of performance metrics and target setting

How to calibrate executive rewards under growing global competitive pressure for talent

Say-on-pay: what triggers investor pushback on remuneration

Session 3: Building an effective board: Nomination, succession and renewal

The competency matrix: does the board have the expertise it needs, and does it have real diversity of perspective ?

CEO succession: what boards are now looking for in their next CEO

How to run an independent nomination or succession process

Panel discussion: Remuneration and nomination lessons from the field

For whom?

This masterclass is designed for current and aspiring board members, senior executives, and governance professionals wishing to strengthen their board's approach to remuneration and nomination.

12:00	Networking lunch
13:00	Introduction by GUBERNA Session 1: Board remuneration governance
13:45	Session 2: Designing executive remuneration that drives strategy and performance
15:00	Coffee Break
15:30	Session 3: Building an effective board: Nomination, succession and renewal
16:15	Panel discussion: Remuneration and nomination lessons from the field
17:00	Summary & key takeaways by GUBERNA