Balancing Risk and Reward
Balancing Risk and Reward
In recent times investment managers, stewards and investors worldwide have upped the ante on executive remuneration and the need for sound corporate governance principles to justify and underpin remuneration practice and structures. In January 2018, the world’s largest fund manager Blackrock wrote to UK’s largest listed companies calling for an end to pay awards and pension contributions that were not commensurate to that of ordinary employees.
At this event, we will hear from Michael Burke; Aon's global Chief Executive Officer, Talent, Rewards & Performance. He will explore some of the recent events in financial incentivisation, risk culture and the benefits of setting the tone from the top. He will also delve into how we need to be keeping people engaged so they are acting in the best interest of your business.
Topics to be explored include:
- Criticisms of Remuneration structures – emerging from recent corporate scandals and failures
- Executive remuneration – structure, business case, agency, incentives/bonus, stock etc
- Executive remuneration and company performance
- The rhetoric for shareholders and stakeholders to engage on remuneration – the opportunities and challenges
- Clarifying board role – governance and oversight
- Key learnings from the Royal Commission & other corporate governance failings: how to improve the tone from the top
- Building organic growth ethically