How would you like your concerns about the future of stock option plans to be heard by influential leaders in the stock plan market? I’d like to give you that chance.
This month I’ll be participating in an important event discussing the future of share plans in a global economy. The First Annual Global Shares Leadership Forum will be held in West Cork, Ireland from June 22-24, 2007 – to coincide with the Global Equity Organization (GEO) Conference being held in London that week. The event has attracted a top notch group of stock option professionals from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The special guest speaker is Corey Rosen, Executive Director of the National Center for Employee Ownership.
The host of the event, Global Shares, Plc., is bringing together a powerhouse group of 40 influential leaders within the stock plan market from around the world to discuss the global challenges of business and employment practices created by new public company oversight requirements, revised stock option expensing regulations, stock option backdating scandals, and executive compensation reform.
Senior executives will attend from well known organizations like Citigroup Inc., Fidelity Stock Plan Services, Deloitte, Intel Corporation, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Morgan Stanley, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Baker and McKenzie, and KPMG International are expected to participate. The sponsors of the Leadership Forum include: Buck Consultants, iComp LLC, IFG Group PLC, Sungard, and Orrick Herrington and Sutcliff LLP.
As Global Shares CEO Carine Schneider said in a recent press release, “With the number of regulatory changes in the past few years, particularly in the US and the EU markets and the growth in Asia, the need to bring together a select group of industry leaders and create a unique forum for those who are expected to set the trends and standards in the near future became quite apparent.”
I am continually working with non-public companies struggling to manage stock plan and corporate governance information in order to supply systems that will make their compliance easier and help their audits go smoothly. As the President of Two Step Software, I invite you to share your concerns with me. After all, the latest regulatory developments will affect share plans and corporate governance practices for organizations around the world – and that includes your organization.
What challenges do you face because of stock option administration concerns and new FAS 123R requirements? Click here to let me know and I’ll bring your concerns to the Global Shares Leadership Forum or if you respond after that event, to another forum down the road. Thanks in advance for your contribution.
