Jamie Smith

Data reveals how leading boards are embracing agility, bold decision-making and candid debate to help their companies thrive amid uncertainty With the 2025 North American proxy season now officially closed, emerging trends inexecutive compensationare offering valuable insights and shaping important considerations for boards going forward. Here, we explore some of these issues and ways boards and management teams can start to incorporate these into planning for next year’s shareholder meeting. Say-on-pay support stays steady A review of voting results forsay-on-pay (SOP) proposalsat Russell 3000 companies reveals outcomes consistent with prior years. As of June, average support for the Russell 3000…