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  • Board & Executive Compensation Guide 2026

    In a highly competitive financial services sector, attracting and retaining top talent is increasingly difficult. Evolving regulation, shifting markets, and rising performance pressures demand informed pay strategies. Sayer Haworth’s 2026 Executive & Board Compensation Guide offers essential insights to help organisations stay competitive and navigate these challenges effectively....

  • EXCO & Board Compensation Guide 2025 – SME Financial Services

    Sayer Haworth Executive Search is pleased to have the opportunity to provide this updated Executive & Board Compensation Guide for 2025.  The data within this report has come from searches that Sayer Haworth has been mandated to support with, and from reports in the public domain....

  • Independent Non-Executive Director – Fee Guide 2023/24

    The compensation data within this report has been gathered from searches that Sayer Haworth have been engaged on, supported by data within annual reports in the public domain.  The comparison to our 2022-2023 guide has shown that there has been stability within the base salaries for Executives.  The main change that we have seen is the starting salary range has risen. ...

  • Executive Compensation Guide – SME Financial Services 2023-2024

    The compensation data within this report has been gathered from searches that Sayer Haworth have been engaged on, supported by data within annual reports in the public domain.  The comparison to our 2022-2023 guide has shown that there has been stability within the base salaries for Executives.  The main change that we have seen is the starting salary range has risen. ...

  • Chief Risk Officer (SMF4) Compensation Guide – SME Financial Services

    With the increase of regulation under the Senior Managers Regime, executive pay has come under upwards pressure within Financial Services since the 2008 Financial Crisis, the makeup of reward to senior executives can be complex. This white paper has been written to provide a broad compensation guide for a Chief Risk Officer within a Small to Medium sized bank in the UK...

  • Chief Compliance Officer (SMF16) Compensation Guide – UK – Small to Medium Banks

    Sayer Haworth has carried out research on the Chief Compliance Officer’s (SMF16) compensation within Corporate Investment Banks in the UK. This data has been verified through Senior Compliance Officer searches which Sayer Haworth has executed....

  • Diversity and Inclusion Within SME Financial Services: What Steps are We Taking to Improve?

    This round table discussion, introduced by James Sayer and Chaired by Joanne Hindle (Chair/NED, Bank of London and The Middle East, Shepherds Friendly Society), offered the opportunity for banking NEDs to discuss diversity and inclusion in the boardroom; to share thoughts and ideas on how to improve the status quo and achieve wider, more equitable representation....

  • The rise of the virtual boardroom

    This round table discussion, chaired by James Sayer of Sayer Haworth and led by Martin Stewart, consultant and ex-regulator, provided banking INEDs and Chairs the opportunity to discuss boardroom best practice during this time of upheaval and resultant switch to remote working....

  • Executive Compensation Guide – SME Financial Services

    The compensation data within this report has been gathered from searches that Sayer Haworth have been engaged on, supported by data within annual reports in the public domain....

  • Non-Executive Director Fee Guide

    The data within this report has been gathered from searches that Sayer Haworth have been engaged on, supported by data within annual reports in the public domain....