PM&P On Point Survey: Determining Executive Officer Status - Policies and Practices

When it comes to corporate officer designation, important considerations come into play that reflect each organization’s priorities, strategies and needs, including how the terms “officer” and “executive” are used.

The following reports provide a summary of the findings.

executive summary - Complimentary

PM&P On Point Survey: Determining Executive Officer Status - Policies and Practices is intended to provide hard-to-find data about how companies are approaching corporate officer designation and compensation. In an environment characterized by heightened scrutiny of companies’ corporate governance and compensation practices, insights into decision-making around this sensitive issue are especially valuable. The report includes results from more than 340 survey participants on officer selection policies and practices. The survey data is analyzed across a variety of demographics, including company ownership, industry and size and responses from employees vs. outside Directors. Among the key officer designation practices included in the survey:

• The Compensation Committee's responsibility for naming officers/executives and establishing their compensation
• The positions typically identified as officers/executives
• The structure of the officer/executive group Incentives, benefits and perquisites for named officers
• Distinctive officer designation practices among financial services companies
• Designation issues related to mergers & acquisitions.

Complete Survey Findings

PM&P On Point Survey: Determining Executive Officer Status - Policies and Practices

This 134-page report provides detailed survey results across a variety of demographics, including employee vs. outside Directors, the form of ownership, industry type, and company size. Approximately 67% of participants represent publicly-traded companies and 22% represent private or closely-held companies. The remaining respondents were evenly split between mutual organizations, cooperatives, memberships and not-for-profits.

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