Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey

A&O Shearman’s 22nd Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey dives into the corporate governance issues that are in focus in the current environment, with a goal of providing a perspective on what boards and management teams should be thinking about as they enter the 2025 proxy season.

Key major finding and research areas from this year’s report include: 

• Cybersecurity: Directors with cybersecurity experience increased significantly in 2024 from 70 in 2023 to 88 in 2024.

• Board diversity: In 2024, the number of Top 100 Companies that presented director-specific diversity information increased to 73 companies from 61 companies in 2023.

• Women in the boardroom: Women constituted an average of 33.7% of the directors of the Top 100 Companies in 2024 as compared to 34% in 2023.

Read the survey report here.