Non-executive directors in leading companies have seen their pay increase marginally over the past year to about £38,000, according to a new report.
But non-executives who chaired a board earned an average of almost £200,000.
Pay analysts Incomes Data Services said the highest paid non-executive chairman was at gas firm BG, where total remuneration amounted to £490,000.
Tuesday May 13 2003
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