Charity chief executives paid $224,000 p/a

Research by a remuneration consultancy shows chief executives of charities in New Zealand are paid an average of $224,000 per year.

Strategic Pay executive reward manager Jarrod Moyle says chief executives in the charitable sector are often motivated by a cause rather than the salary and many are paid a lot less than $220,000.

The British government has called for more openness about value for money in the sector.

Blind Citizens New Zealand president Clive Lansink says there is concern about the total number of senior executives as well as their wages and he thinks the same should happen here.