Embedded governance
NRG Energy’s award for best corporate governance team of the year (large cap) was largely in recognition of its ability to handle...
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Careers archive
Appointments: February 2015
Michael Sgro 1) American Water, the largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company in the US, has appointed Michael...
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Appointments: January 2015
1) Brinker International has named Scarlett May as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. The Dallas-based company...
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Working with pay consultants and HR
The design of public disclosures about executive compensation plans is surely among the 
corporate secretary and governance team’s...
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Tips for coping with proxy advisers
In late October ISS announced its adoption of a ‘scorecard’ approach to evaluating equity plans in the US, among other benchmark...
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Incentive Lab: modeling success
Corporate Secretary spoke with Jack Zwingli, CEO of Incentive Lab, the day after the data and analytics firm was acquired by ISS...
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The rise and rise of the CD&A
In the five years since public companies were first required to create and publish a compensation 
discussion and analysis (CD&A)...
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Taming executive compensation: a task for boards, not government
In October this year, Jean Tirole became the first French citizen in more than 20 years to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in...
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Appointments: December 2014
1) American Apparel has named Chelsea Grayson as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective December 15...
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NACD honors Reynolds of PreferWest, Best of Austin Industries
The National Association of Corporate Directors honored five high-achieving board members at its 2014 Directorship 100 awards gala...
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