The bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies are being handed US-style pay packages of up to £28million a year, a survey by The Financial Mail on Sunday has found.
It comes as leading firms look to boost how much their chief executives can earn as they compete in what they say is an increasingly international market for top talent.
Boardroom pay has risen steadily since the pandemic, while real wage growth more broadly has flatlined.
A typical FTSE 100 boss earned just over £5million last year with the highest-paid – Pascal Soriot at drugs giant AstraZeneca – landing £17.7million.
But the ceiling on how
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