The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:32:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.10 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png 2026 Director Compensation Report – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 2026 Director Compensation Report https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/08/19/2026-director-compensation-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2026-director-compensation-report https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/08/19/2026-director-compensation-report/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:32:32 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=183291?d=20260818164847EDT Posted by Daisy Laska, Stephanie Lane, and Ted Simmons, FW Cook, on Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Editor's Note:

Daisy Laska and Stephanie Lane are Consultants and Ted Simmons is a Managing Director at FW Cook. This post is based on their FW Cook memorandum.

Executive Summary

FW Cook’s 2026 Director Compensation Report examines non-employee director pay and program design at 300 U.S. public companies. Approximately 92% of companies also appeared in the 2025 study, supporting reliable year-over-year comparisons.

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