Remuneration governance
Our governance of remuneration policies is in line with the most recent Italian and European legislative framework and is two-tiered, involving both governing bodies and company departments
- Group HR
Responsible for the process, coordinates the units involved in checking the performance and equity figures. - Group Audit
Examines the data and controls the process. - Group CFO
Supplies the data to determine the performance of the business areas based on actual figures. - Compliance
Assesses the compliance of policies with the legislative and regulatory framework. - Group Risk Management
Helps determine the metrics used to determine risk-adjusted performance.
This Committee has an advisory role for the remuneration and incentives of the CEO, senior management and staff. In particular, it:
- proposes the remuneration of personnel whose remuneration and incentive models are decided by the Board of Directors;
- advises on the determination of remuneration calculation criteria for all the most important personnel;
- monitors the correct application of the rules applicable to the remuneration of the heads of control functions, liaising closely with the board of Statutory Auditors;
- monitors the adequacy, fairness and effective application of the remuneration policies;
- handles the preparation of the documentation to be submitted to the Board of Directors for its decisions;
- collaborates with other internal Committees, particularly with the Risk Committee and CSR Commitee;
- ensures the involvement of the relevant company functions in the preparation and control of remuneration and incentive policies and practices;
- expresses its opinion - based on, inter alia, the information received from the relevant company functions - on the achievement of the performance targets to which the incentive plans are linked and the assessment of whether the other conditions for the payment of remuneration have been met;
- monitors the policy’s gender neutrality;
- reports on its work to the governing bodies, including the general meeting.
The General meeting’s, duties include:
- establishing the Directors’ annual base fees whenever the new Board of Directors is appointed;
- approving the remuneration policies and the equity-based payment plans for the group’s Directors, employees and freelancers;
- approving the criteria for the determination of severance pay in the event of early termination of employment or office;
- upon the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting may set the group employees’ and freelancers’ performance-based pay up to 200% of their base salary or fees or up to any other threshold that has been set.