This was the subject of a webinar held on 9 February produced through the good offices of the London Stock Exchange Group. A panel of experts representing MM&K, search firm First Flight, Women on Boards and Board Excellence, a specialist in Board Evaluation, considered the question in light of findings in MM&K’s survey of Chairs…

February 16, 2022 Read more >

MM&K (part of the GECN group) is pleased to publish its 2022 research on how the largest listed companies across the world use ESG in their incentives, in its report “2022 and Beyond: Global Trends in the use of ESG Plus Metrics in Executive Incentives”. There can be no doubt that businesses are truly under…

February 16, 2022 Read more >

On Wednesday 9th February, Paul Norris, CEO of MM&K joined an expert panel at the London Stock Exchange, alongside First Flight Non-Executive Directors, Board Excellence and Women on Boards to discuss who would want to be a NED in light of the findings of Life in the Boardroom MM&K’s latest iteration of our biennial survey…

February 9, 2022 Read more >

Live webinar – Wednesday 9th February 2022 12:00-13:00 (GMT) Register Join us for this live webinar on Wednesday 9th February at 12:00-13:00 (GMT) where MM&K’s CEO Paul Norris, together with an expert panel from the London Stock Exchange, First Flight Non-Executive Directors, Board Excellence and Women on Boards, will discuss the increasingly demanding and evolving role of NEDs…

February 3, 2022 Read more >

On 16th and 17th November, Nigel Mills and Stuart James both attended and spoke at the CFOs/COOs Europe Forum organised by PEI Media, probably the first big conference aimed at this particular audience that has been held in person, since 2019.  The conference was well attended with over 160 delegates, most of whom were either…

December 8, 2021 Read more >

We are delighted to be sponsoring the PEI CFOs & COOs Forum, taking place 16-17 November in London. The forum caters to CFOs and COOs from private market funds from across Europe, with 130+ buy side attendees expected to network in person and discuss the key themes, challenges and strategy for leading industry decision makers.…

November 9, 2021 Read more >

MM&K collected responses from Chairs and NEDs who hold a total of 885 board positions, surveying them on their fees, their use of time, and their opinions and experiences on topics such as board governance, board effectiveness, and more. Life in the Boardroom collects responses directly from NEDs, not from published reports. This includes the…

October 6, 2021 Read more >

The deadline for participating in this year’s Life in the Boardroom Survey, due to be published in November, has closed but interest in what happens in boardrooms, as seen through the eyes of Chairs and NEDs, shows no signs of waning.  Participant numbers are up nearly 40%. We should like to thank all Chairs and…

September 8, 2021 Read more >

The 2021 – 2022 MM&K / GECN Group research is focused on the role of ESG factors in global executive remuneration and is a continuation to the “2021 and Beyond: Global Executive Incentive Trends The Shift to Non-Financial Measures” Report. The 2021 and Beyond Report identified  global trends on the inclusion of ESG factors in…

June 2, 2021 Read more >

The roller-coaster that was 2020:  The FTSE100 index entered 2020 at 7,542.40.  By the start of the first lockdown in March, it had dropped to 4,993.90, a fall of nearly 34%.  At the time of writing, the FTSE has risen to 6,572.18, up nearly 32% but still almost 13% below where it was at the…

December 22, 2020 Read more >

MM&K and Holt Private Equity Consultants have recently published the results of the North American PE Compensation Survey.  This survey is the sister survey of our European PE and VC Compensation study.  The results from the North American survey make for interesting reading. The survey analyses compensation data from 126 fund management entities. They provided…

November 27, 2020 Read more >

We had hoped for better news on the COVID front but are not surprised by the way things have turned out or by the action the Government has taken to curb the rise in cases. At least working from home is no longer the unknown quantity it was back in March. We miss the inter-personal…

September 29, 2020 Read more >