About the conference
The Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair is pleased to invite you to the conference on remuneration of executives and directors.
Over the last few years, remuneration in public companies has received considerable attention in both academic and public discourse. Several national and international initiatives have reformed remuneration practices to achieve various objectives, including improving shareholder engagement, encouraging active monitoring by (independent) directors, achieving corporate sustainability, and incentivising long-term value creation. Although these trends have had a significant impact on practice, large differences in remuneration practices still exist.
This conference aims to improve the understanding in Belgium of the dynamic topic of remuneration of executives and directors and brings together theory and practice through academic presentations that contain empirical evidence on remuneration practices, and through panel discussion of several prominent practitioners. The conference will be interactive in nature as participants can ask questions after each presentation. The conference will be held in English.
Programme
1.30 - 1.45 p.m.
Introduction and welcome
Tom Vos (University of Antwerp & Maastricht University)
1.45 - 2.25 p.m.
Evidence on remuneration of independent directors in shares in Belgium
Pieterjan Heynen (KU Leuven)
2.25 - 3.05 p.m.
Evidence on say-on-pay voting in Belgium
Christoph Van der Elst (Ghent University & Tilburg University)
3.05 - 3.45 p.m.
Evidence on minimum shareholding requirements and holding periods for CEOs in Belgium
Theo Monnens (University of Antwerp)
3.45 - 4.10 p.m.
Coffee break
4.10 - 4.50 p.m.
The role of outside and inside reviewability in shareholder approval of CEO ESG incentives
Bettina De Ruyck (Vlerick Business School)
4.50 - 5.30 p.m.
Pay complexity in executive remuneration
Marthe Van Hove (Vlerick Business School)
5.30 - 6.15 p.m.
Panel discussion of practitioners
moderated by Charles-Antoine Leunen (Partner, Linklaters)
Panellists: to be announced
6.15 - 8.00 p.m.
Closing reception
Registration
- Registration is free for students and academics. Students and academics can register here.
- Registration for practitioners costs € 100,00 and includes accreditation for the OVB, IBJ, and Compliance Officers of the FSMA.
Practitioners can register electronically only through this webpage.
The registration fee is paid within 30 days of receipt of the debit note to KBC account number BE91 7360 6389 5176 of Nexus, CST-UAntwerp, Venusstraat 23, 2000 Antwerp. Each application/registration is binding and cannot be cancelled. Replacement by a colleague is possible with simple written notification to the organizers.
The prices stated are prices exclusive of VAT (exemption VAT due to article 44 §2 4°), because Nexus/ATA is a non-taxable legal person in the current state of the legislation. The legislator can change this and Nexus/ATA therefore reserves the right to charge this VAT in case the legislator decides to do so.
Nexus is recognised as a training provider in the SME Portfolio (KMO portefeuille) system. Using this system could enable participants to save up to 30% of the registration fee. SME Portfolio applications must be submitted no later than 14 days after the course start date. The participant undertakes to respect the rules set out by the Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The accreditation number for Nexus Antwerp’s SME portfolio is DV.O100321.
Location
University of Antwerp, Stadscampus
Room s.R.219
Rodestraat 14
2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Alternatively: Online (livestream); a link will be provided a few days before the event.
Recognitions
- OVB: 4 legal points
- IBJ: 4 hours (continued education)
- FMSA: 1 point/hour education.
Organized by
- Tom Vos (University of Antwerp & Maastricht University)
- Theo Monnens (University of Antwerp)