2012

43%

2013

20%

Only 20 percent of respondents cited the global financial crisis as a top boardroom issue—a decrease of 23 percentage points from the previous year.

Not all boards are discussing

technology risks.

Most boards are not yet using social media:

Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of all directors surveyed stated that their board does not use

social media.

63%Though directors expect shareholder scrutiny to rise, shareholder engagement policies are not yet in place:

Nearly 70 percent of global respondents expect the level of interaction between shareholders and the board to increaseover the next few years. Despite this, less than 40 percent of the boards surveyed have a shareholder engagement policy in place.

Diversity policies for board composition are not common.

Guidelines 64% 82% 18% 10% 32% 8% 44% 9%Quotas 10% 10% 6% 3% 5% 3% 5% 2%

Gender

Industry

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Religion

AgeDisa

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Sexu

al

Orientat

ionGlobally, directors implement term limits more than age limits. Though neither is exceedingly common.Sixty-two percent of respondents stated that their boards have not implemented term limits or age limits, (or that they were not sure). Boards implement term limits (30 percent) more than age limits (17 percent).

37%Yes 63%

NoThe organization/board has introduced diversity policies for board composition.

Boards that discuss technology risks discuss the following risks:

Director 360°:We interviewed 317 directors in 15 countries:

Data privacy Cyber

security Internationaldata transfer

57%38%27%

Socialmedia21%

51%Data

warehousing

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Boards having: