Paul Hodgson

Paul Hodgson is a freelance journalist and independent commentator on corporate governance as well as conducting contract work for governance research firm BHJ Partners. He was formerly The Corporate Library’s and then GMI Ratings’ Chief Research Analyst for board and executive compensation, and its most prolific author. Mr. Hodgson has been researching and writing about executive compensation for over 20 years, eight of which were spent in England, where he worked for the Incomes Data Services journal Management Pay Review as researcher and assistant editor. He is a prolific blogger and the author of numerous books and research reports on executive pay and has also had articles published in a number of journals, including 'The Motley Fool US', 'Fortune', ‘Forbes’, ‘Business Week’, ‘Responsible Investor’, ‘Directorship’, ‘Ivey Business Journal’, and ‘Directors and Boards’. Mr. Hodgson is the author of the book Building Value Through Compensation, published by CCH Publishing. He is widely quoted in national print media as an authority on executive compensation, and has appeared on numerous television and radio stations. Google

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The 5 Highest Paid CEOs In The UK

24 October, 2014 | Paul Hodgson

How do you get to be one of the five highest paid CEOs in the UK? By outperforming the opposition,…

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Will Statoil’s CEO Halt BG’s Decline?

21 October, 2014 | Paul Hodgson

If size was everything, Helge Lund's new pay package could do anything.

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Directors At Diageo plc Share Shareholders’ Pain

24 September, 2014 | Paul Hodgson

Diageo plc (LON:DGE) shareholders chose not to punish directors by voting against their pay packages.

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Did Vince Cable Sanction This Year’s Shareholder Revolt?

15 September, 2014 | Paul Hodgson

Pay for a FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) CEO has gone from being 60 times the average UK worker to 160 times…

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Paying The Price: SABMiller plc And Talktalk Telecom Group PLC

24 July, 2014 | Paul Hodgson

Shareholder advisory group Pirc criticises pay at SABMiller plc (LON:SAB) and Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK).

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