64.7% 52.0% MEN WOMEN ATTEND ATTEND BOARD OF BOARD OF DIRECTOR DIRECTOR MEETINGS MEETINGS GENDER DIFFERENCES We asked what metrics IROs were benchmarked against for their compensation. Surprisingly, more men than women (55% men vs. 44% women) reported that their salary and/ or bonus was not linked to any metrics of IR effectiveness. 33% of women, as compared to 23% of men, said that their compensation is linked to both qualitative and quantitative metrics of their performance. When reporting the goals for their IR program, the top three IR goals chosen by female and male IR professionals are the same. However, the fourth most common choice for female respondents was increasing research coverage, chosen by 32.0%. This goal ranked sixth for male respondents, 20.2%. For male IR professionals, the fourth-ranking goal was providing greater management visibility/accessibility, 29.4%. 33