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What is GEO?
The Global Equity Organization (GEO) is an international, not-for-profit membership organization, designed to support corporate executives and equity compensation professionals dealing with the challenges of creating, managing and administrating quality stock plan programs…for one country or across the entire globe. Founded in 1999, GEO includes more than 4,500 individual members representing over 1,500 companies and professional firms in 70+ countries around the world.
GEO members include:
- Corporate executives and managers from a wide range of business sectors
- Providers of stock plan services, comprising of attorneys, accountants, tax advisors, brokers, and consultants
- Academic, government, and non-governmental agencies
Benefits of being a GEO member include:
- Networking with a supportive global community of employee share plan professionals.
- Access to local chapters, regional events, and the annual conference
- Web seminars and monthly e-newsletters
- Exclusive access to the GEO website, including secure member-only sections offering relevant industry content updated frequently.
Regardless of your location, GEO places the world of global equity compensation at your fingertips.
GEO's Mission Statement
The Global Equity Organization (GEO) is a member-founded and member-driven not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing equity compensation worldwide through a global community of well-informed professionals. GEO provides its members – regardless of location, position or affiliation – opportunities to share and learn about the strategic, governance, financial, cultural, legal, tax, communication and administrative issues impacting equity-based employee compensation around the globe, from the fundamentals to the latest market intelligence.
GEO's Guiding Principles
Global Equity Organization members are dedicated to:
- Promoting high standards of competence, professionalism, and performance in the administration of share plans.
- Obtaining and disseminating information on the subject of share plans for the benefit of other members and their employers through the GEO web site, conferences, seminars, and publications.
- Encouraging the exchange of ideas and mutual assistance among members.
- Facilitating the association of professionals handling all aspects of global share plans.
- Respecting the confidentiality and personal nature of the information available to GEO members