Research Guides: Corporate Finance: Governance/ Directors

Find Directors & Board

Companies elect members of the Board of Directors at their annual meeting. All directors are listed with a biographical profile in the company's proxy report, form DEF 14A, filed with the SEC before the annual meeting.

S&P NetAdvantage
Use the "People" link for a comprehensive profile of directors and board members. Find career history and education, committee membership and membership on other boards, as well as other company affiliations.

Find Compensation Data

Use the company's proxy report, form DEF14A, for a discussion of executive compensation practices and tables of executive and director compensation components.

To find current or historical compensation data as well as details of compensation benefits, use one of these databases:

S&P NetAdvantage
Use the "People" link to find current and historical "Compensation" data for both management and board members. In addition find data on options & awards, pension benefits and deferred compensation. Click on the plus sign next to any name to see complete details of any compensation item.
ExecuComp (COMPUSTAT)
(Baruch & SPS users only)Three years of compensation history for directors, and one year for executives, for companies within the S&P 1500. Includes 80 different compensation, executive, director, and company related items. Available on WRDS. Required to request daily password using your Baruch or SPS email account.