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What’s Driving CEO Pay in 2020?

Dear Friend,

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Less than two months into 2020 and it’s already looking like it will be an eventful year for executive compensation. The unfolding of the U.S. presidential election and the kick-off of corporate earnings season will ensure that even more scrutiny will surround CEO earnings.

In this month’s Comp & Gov, we take a look at the trends driving CEO pay in 2020. As boards face investors and a more engaged public in defending pay packages in the context of a changing political and regulatory environment, it will be more important to follow and learn from these trends. 

Sincerely,

Marc Hodak

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Meet Marc Hodak

Marc Hodak is a Partner at Farient Advisors with more than 20 years of experience as a compensation and corporate governance consultant. He has developed executive and board compensation programs for global companies, both private and public including extensive work around goal setting, performance and perverse incentives. Learn more about Marc.

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Farient Advisors LLC is an independent executive compensation, performance, and corporate governance consultancy. Farient provides a comprehensive array of services to boards of directors and management including: compensation program design, goal setting and performance measurement, pay and performance alignment, board of directors compensation, and shareholder communication among others. Farient has offices in Los Angeles and New York and covers clients in more than 30 countries through our partnership in the Global Governance Executive Compensation Group (GECN).

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