This panel will focus on the role of the remuneration committee in scrutinising executive reward strategies and the importance of culture in driving the right behaviours. In addition to the focus from regulators, we also see increasing scrutiny from external stakeholders, in particular investors and the media, and so remuneration committee chairs can expect their decisions to be in the spotlight. Meanwhile, clients are operating in an extremely competitive landscape when it comes to the recruitment and retention of senior talent. The need to ensure that management are correctly incentivised, while adhering to stakeholder demands, is a careful balancing act. Our panel will also discuss the challenges that remuneration committees are faced with from a governance perspective on both sides of the pond, including around managing regulatory and disclosure requirements and how to practically implement the latest guidance from investors.