2025 Director Fee insights webinar

Overview

Director remuneration is always a hot topic – and rightly so. It reflects not only the expectations placed on directors, but also the value organisations place on effective governance. Join us as we delve into the findings of the IoD Directors’ Fees Report 2025/26 – New Zealand’s leading benchmark on governance remuneration.

We’ll explore what this year’s data reveals about pay trends across sectors, committee fees, workload pressures, diversity, and the evolving expectations of boards.
With perspectives from both the boardroom and the advisory side, this conversation will help you navigate what fair and fit-for-purpose fees look like in today’s environment.

What to expect:

• Exclusive insights from the 2025/26 Directors’ Fees Report 
• Trends in fees across sectors, sizes, and structures 
• The changes in not-for-profit fees and the questions on equity, sustainability, and expectations 
• Emerging patterns in committee fees and chair differentials 
•  Practical tips for boards setting or reviewing fees 
•  Discussion on the governance value equation – balancing risk, responsibility, and reward

Una Diver

MInstD

Una Diver is a Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) and leads their Reward practice. She has led the team that partners with the IoD to produce the Director Fees Survey since 2011. As a pre-eminent specialist in remuneration and reward for employees and executives, Una provides data and advice to Boards, executives and people teams across a variety of industries. She has worked with Boards to review and develop fee structures across the private, public and not for profit sectors.

Una has governance experience in the charitable sector, across housing and social services. She currently serves on the Board of Mercy Hospice, Te Korowai Atawhai.

Judene Edgar

CMInstD

Judene is a Principal Governance Adviser with the Institute of Directors’ Governance Leadership Centre and Chapter Zero NZ lead providing best practice advice, guidance and advocacy for directors. She is also a trustee of the Rātā Foundation and Network Tasman Trust, and Chair of the Nelson Historic Theatre Trust.

Prior to joining the IoD she ran her own consultancy for over 20 years specialising in governance, policy, strategy and communications working across a wide range of sectors, including housing, health, solid waste, aviation, energy, not-for-profit and infrastructure.

She was a local government elected member for 12 years and a director on a range of private and public entity boards. She has a background in behavioural science and communications and is a Chartered Member of the IoD.

Guy Beatson (facilitator)

CMInstD

Guy is an experienced leader with governance and leadership expertise across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in New Zealand and internationally. As General Manager of the Governance Leadership Centre and Registrar, he leads the organisation’s research, advocacy, policy agenda, and governance support for directors and boards. 

Guy also serves as Chair of Youthline Wellington, Trustee and Board member of Youthline Auckland, Chair of the Youthline National Helpline National Chairs Forum, and Trustee of Youth Search and Rescue. His previous senior roles include Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy and Organisation Performance at Te Puni Kōkiri, and Deputy Secretary Natural Resources Policy at the Ministry for the Environment.  He has also supported senior executives in a diverse range of consulting assignments. 

Additional information

Event cancellation policy

Regrettably, registration fees cannot be refunded when cancellations are received within two working days prior to any event.  See our standard terms and conditions for more information.

Contact

Gemma Fellowes
Project and Events Executive
+64 09 365 2736
Gemma.Fellowes@iod.org.nz