European Executive Reward Insights – 2025
An in-depth study of executive remuneration based on Stoxx Europe 600’s FY 2024 annual reports
By Xavier Baeten
Professor of Reward & Sustainability
By Marthe Van Hove
Researcher, Governance
20 January 2026
How much are senior executives being paid across Europe today? What are their remuneration packages made up of? And is executive remuneration becoming too complicated?
This white paper answers these questions and more.
It’s the result of an ongoing study by Vlerick’s Executive Remuneration Research Centre. Since 2014, the centre has been compiling a comprehensive database of CEO remuneration.
Download this white paper to discover how executives are being paid across different countries, how they’re being incentivised to achieve ESG results – and what balance is being struck between short-term and long-term incentives.
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