UK CEO pay growth rate beats US; FTSE 100 CEOs behind on diversity; boost for Britain’s whistleblowers; US top pay ‘down to luck’.

Firms fail to keep pace with tech; AI and the never-ending board meeting; CEO pay at Barclays; remco strategies.

Top CEOs earn in only a few days what the average full-time UK worker earns in a year, according to the High Pay Centre thinktank.

There should be a ‘clear rationale’ that aligns remuneration with a firm’s purpose, values and goals, says the Investment Association.

AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Sir Pascal Soriot, tops the list with £16.85m, High Pay Centre research reveals.

Thinktank criticises the Financial Reporting Council for deleting ‘pretty tame’ measures related to ESG from the latest version.

Top CEOs will have earned more than a typical UK worker’s median annual pay by lunchtime on 4 January, thinktank estimates.

In the FTSE 350, the median chief executive’s pay was 57 times that of the median employee in 2022, up from 56:1 the previous year.

FTSE 100 saw median pay for chief executives up 16% from 2021 to 2022, High Pay Centre think tank research shows.

Investors’ dissent is predicted to remain high for this year’s AGM season, according to the register of shareholder revolts.