Performance and Reward

If you are interested in executive pay policy or serve on a remuneration committee then you should read the book. Use the link "View the book" on left.

If you are a private investor you could ask a question about executive pay at a company Annual General Meeting. You could ask:

• Given that sharholders are interested in the long term growth in value, why does the company operate such a generous annual bonus scheme based on one year targets?; or
• Has the remuneration committee examined the possibility of implementing a FILLIP structure for executive pay, as described in the book "Performance and Reward"?; or
• Does the company's remuneration policies provide any evidence that the directors are more concerned with creating value for shareholders than they are with their own personal rewards?

If you are an ordinary UK citizen you still have a legitimate interest in executive pay. You may well own shares indirectly through a pension scheme or through an investment product. Even if you are simply a consumer, some of what you spend is used to fund executive pay. You could:

• Ask your MP if he or she supports an Office of Fair Trading investigation of executive pay.
• Ask your trade union whether it lobbies on executive pay, and whether it is aware of this website.
• Write letters to newspapers about executve pay.
• Tell your friends about this website.