Executive remuneration is a vital issue for stakeholders and investors, specifically regarding pandemic-era pay cuts and the inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance metrics. Join our webinar “2021 Proxy Season - Trends Transforming Executive Pay in Australia” with industry guest speakers as we discuss essential information on the executive remuneration practices of Australian companies and shed light on stakeholder concerns to better understand corporate governance trends in the Australian market for the upcoming 2021 proxy season. In this webinar, you’ll learn:
Serving on a range of corporate boards across a variety of industries since 2006, Susan is a highly respected and accomplished Business Leader, Board Chair and Company Director. She has 30 years of broad commercial experience, including a successful career as a commercial lawyer, HR Director and CEO in professional services and the finance sector. In the listed sector, Susan has extensive experience with IPOs, M&A and associated capital raisings, investor communication and expectation management, and the cultural transformation required in taking an unlisted business into the listed environment. Her current portfolio spans the finance, telco and technology (SAAS) sectors. In addition to her legal qualifications, Susan has an EMBA from the Melbourne Business School, and is a Fellow and a Councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Susan is a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for significant service to business through governance and strategic roles and as an advocate for women.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a member of AICD and have worked in the financial services industry for over 40 years. My first introduction into remuneration and employee share schemes (ESS) consulting occurred when I implemented the merger of Cullen, Egan and Dell (CED) and Noble Lowndes in the early 1980’s. From there I joined a group of other consultants (mostly ex-CED) in a business called RPC (Remuneration Planning Corporation). I left RPC in 2000 when the business was sold to Computershare (CPU). I established CRA Plan Managers (CRA) in late 2000 to replicate what we had been doing at RPC but focussed more on companies outside the ASX200. This proved a successful strategy and I sold CRA to BoardRoom in October 2011. In October 2014 I established Crichton & Associates (C+A). C+A consists of a small team specialising in all aspects of executive and Board remuneration, including incentives. .
Matt DiGuiseppe is the Vice President of Research & ESG at Diligent Corporation, leading provider of secure board communication and governance, risk and compliance software used by over 700,000 corporate leaders globally. In his role, Matt leads the ESG (environmental, social and governance) Center of Excellence and a research team focused on ESG topics. He is also responsible for ensuring that Diligent meets its ESG commitments, including a pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040. Previously, as Head of Americas Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors, Matt and his colleagues were responsible for developing and implementing SSGA's global proxy voting policies and guidelines across all investment strategies and managing SSGA's proxy voting activities and issuer engagement on material ESG issues. He was also a member of the internal Proxy Review Committee. Prior to this role he held a similar position on the Nuveen (fka TIAA) Stewardship & Corporate Governance Team. Matt has participated in numerous industry groups and speaks frequently on ESG matters. He was the founding chairperson of the Investor Stewardship Group (ISG), which advanced a set of corporate governance and stewardship principles for the US market that are backed by over 70 members with assets under management in excess of US $32 trillion.
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