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This article aims to study the influence of board diversity components on CEO compensation. This study was conducted on a sample of companies listed on the SBF 120 index during the period from 2003 to 2013. It provides significant intermediate results regarding the Copé-Zimmermann law implementation. This is the first study to explore the relationship between the various components of board diversity (board gender diversity, employee-owner representation, board-level employee representation, and proportion of independent directors) and the different components of CEO compensation. The research analyzes board diversity by examining the impact of female representation and employee representation. For the latter, we deeply explore employee ownership and trade union representation. The results highlight that women’s representation has a negative effect on CEO compensation. Boardlevel employee …