Remuneration

type: Webcast
date: 10/10/25

2025 Director Fee insights

2025 Director Fee insights

Watch this webcast to delve into the findings of the IoD Directors’ Fees Report 2025/26.

Remuneration
Reporting

type: Webcast
date: 24/10/24

Leave for Directors

Leave for Directors

This panel discussion explores the impacts of leave on director diversity on our boards and the implications of this for governance.

type: Media release
date: 26/08/22

Media release

Staff wage rises outstrip director fees increases

Staff wage rises outstrip director fees increases

according to the 2022/23 Directors’ Fees Report by the IoD and EY.

type: Finance
date: 14/08/25

Closing the pay gap: From perception to action in boardrooms

Closing the pay gap: From perception to action in boardrooms

Most organisations collect gender data – far fewer act on it.

type: Finance
date: 18/08/23

Complex business challenges see directors working longer, seeking insurance

Complex business challenges see directors working longer, seeking insurance

Directors are working longer and many have turned down roles due to time pressure as the median hours worked climbs towards pandemic levels.

date: 25/09/26

Directors' fees insights

Directors' fees insights

Annual insights into directors' fees.

Not-for-profit governance
Remuneration

type: Finance
date: 24/09/26

What should directors be paid?

What should directors be paid?

Rising workloads and sharper accountability are changing the conversation about fair and defensible director remuneration.

Chairing
Remuneration

type: Finance
date: 21/08/26

Taking the heat out of director fee discussions

Taking the heat out of director fee discussions

Independent benchmarking gives boards a defensible basis for setting fees – including when the evidence supports no change.

Not-for-profit governance
Remuneration
Transparency

type: Board practices
date: 25/06/26

Six years above target, but only just

Six years above target, but only just

Women hold 50.2% of public sector board roles, down from 53.9% in 2023. Now directors need to look below the boardroom.

Diversity & inclusion
Public sector
Remuneration

type: Board practices
date: 04/06/26

How to avoid big leaps in director fees

How to avoid big leaps in director fees

BRANZ leaders say regular, independent benchmarking gives boards a stronger basis for director fee decisions.

Board composition
Remuneration

type: Board practices
date: 10/03/26

Boardroom Premium

Has Australia’s two-strikes rule outlived its purpose?

Has Australia’s two-strikes rule outlived its purpose?

After a heated AGM season and fresh stakeholder feedback to the regulator, the controversial rule is again under debate.

Regulation
Remuneration

type: In the hot seat
date: 21/01/26

Boardroom Premium

Working for gingernuts: Should not-for-profit boards be paid?

Working for gingernuts: Should not-for-profit boards be paid?

Not-for-profit directors face rising legal risk and governance demands – often unpaid. Is working for purpose (and biscuits) still enough?

Director duties
Not-for-profit governance
Remuneration

type: Board practices
date: 04/12/25

Boardroom Premium

Board fees in Australia: scale drives pay gaps in private and NFP sectors

Board fees in Australia: scale drives pay gaps in private and NFP sectors

From unpaid charity roles to six-figure private company chairs, board fees vary widely as rising expectations challenge traditional models.

Not-for-profit governance
Remuneration