Total expected compensation for outside corporate directors continued to rise in 2020, while boards navigated a near-term pandemic response and planned for the longer-term realities.

Willis Towers Watson’s Global Executive Compensation Analysis Team completed its annual year-over-year comparison of S&P 500 director pay program results, contrasting 2020 proxy data against that of 2019. The analysis of nonemployee director compensation looks at an expected level of pay for a median outside director as of fiscal year-end 2019 and 2018, which includes forward-looking pay level adjustments disclosed for 2020 and 2019 but does not include any potential disclosed impact due to COVID-19. READ MORE