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David Chun: "The Demand For New Directors Will Increase Exponentially Over the Next 12-24 Months."

David Chun: "The Demand For New Directors Will Increase Exponentially Over the Next 12-24 Months."

Episode 25 Published 5 years, 5 months ago
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  1. (1:40) - Start of interview
  2. (2:38) - David's "origin story"
  3. (4:49) - The founding of Equilar in 2000.
    1. The modern "corporate governance" era started after the corporate scandals of the early 2000s (Enron, Tyco, Adelphia, WorldCom, etc.) and the passage of SOX in 2002. 
    2. "Very few people talked about corporate governance in the 1990s"
    3. With this new focus on corporate governance, there was a lot of attention given to exec comp.
  4. (9:56) -  The Board's role in setting compensation for the CEO: "It's a very tricky decision, and there is no right answer." "Compensation is a very emotional and difficult decision, with many different stakeholders involved." 
  5. (11:33) - Their work on the investors' side (Calpers, Vanguard, Blackrock, etc).
  6. (12:11) -  They made a conscious decision from day one to track the trajectories of executives and directors from SEC data, which has resulted in the development of their BoardEdge Product.
  7. (13:59) - His take on Say on Pay regulation: it increased significantly the amount of shareholder engagement.
  8. (17:05) - His take on Elon Musk's ~$55bn comp package at Tesla and other 100% at-risk performance awards. 
  9. (19:33) - The Nasdaq-Equilar Strategic Partnership on boardroom diversity (announced on Dec 9, 2020).
    1. Distinctions with CA laws SB-826 and AB-979.
    2. Equilar's BoardEdge product includes one million executives and directors.
    3. Equilar's Diversity Network (36 Partner Institutions, 5,158 Member Profiles, 2,044 board appointments) "Registry of registries"      
  10. (30:53) - The challenge of meeting the new boardroom diversity requirements set by SB-826, AB-979 and Nasdaq. "There is a need for more candidates who are not on boards." "The demand will go up exponentially in the next 12-24 months, and Equilar is working to help on the supply side."
  11. (32:27) - The latest trends on director compensation, and impact of COVID-19 on boards (Stanford/Equilar study).
  12. (35:09) - His take on the current state of private and public capital markets (the "window is wide open for going public, but when the market shuts down - it will shut down hard")
  13. (37:03) - His thoughts on the latest trend of companies and executives leaving SF/Bay Area/CA to TX, FL, etc.
  14. (39:30) - His take on the stakeholder vs shareholder debate as a CEO and executive compensation expert.
  15. (42:04) - His favorite books:
    1. The Hard Things About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz (2014)
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