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Netherlands Board Index 2022

2022 Netherlands Spencer Stuart Board Index

The 2022 Netherlands Spencer Stuart Board Index is a comprehensive review of governance practice in the 50 largest companies in the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. The chart below provides a unique perspective on the extent to which a range of key metrics have changed over the past ten years.

2012 2022 % change
Average number of board meetings: two-tier boards 10.5 11.9 13%
Average number of board meetings: one-tier boards 7.5 11.0 47%
Average age of non-executive directors 62.2 years 60.4 years -3%
Foreign directors: executives 33% 34.5% 4.5%
Foreign directors: non-executives 40% 57% 43%
Women directors: executive directors 5.9% 17% 188%
Women directors: non-executive directors 18% 39% 117%
Independent non-executive directors 90% 93% 3%
Average tenure: chair (non-executive) 3.8 years 3.1 years -18%
Average tenure: non-executive directors 4.2 years 4.2 years 0%
Total remuneration: chair €132,000 €162,149 23%
Total remuneration: non-executive directors €72,000 €83,671 16%