GEO Awards celebrate excellence by honoring impressive companies from around the globe who truly demonstrate their leadership and dedication to their employee stock plans. Each year, GEO members are permitted to volunteer, via an application process, to be a member of the GEO Awards Judges panel, therefore becoming an instrumental component of the Awards selection process. For more information on GEO Awards, please visit our
Awards Overview page. NOTE: You must be a
GEO Member to apply to participate as a GEO Awards Judge.
How Does the Application Work? The application process is simple and requires interested GEO members to answer a few easy questions and submit a short history of their work experience to provide enough information to determine if the applicant meets the criteria to be an awards judge.
The application window will be open until the 11th of October. Upon the closing of the application period, the applications will be evaluated and the most qualified candidates for the 2020 GEO Awards Judges panel will be selected from among the applicants, as well as from outside nominations and members of prior applicant pools, to ensure panel is comprised of individuals with the right experience and geographic diversity. We expect applicants to be notified in November or December of their selection status.
Who are the GEO Awards Judges and What Do They Do? The GEO Award Judges are composed of leading share plan or executive compensation professionals or accomplished members of academia in these areas. All Judges are expected to complete 40-80 hours of pre-work between 17 January and 29 January 2020 to prepare for the in-person meeting. If you are unable to commit to this time in advance, please defer your application to a future year.
The Judges will meet in-person on 30 January 2020 to jointly review all submitted GEO Award applications and make their determinations of the winners for each category and division. The Judges are tasked with considering each award application, individually ranking each application, and then reviewing the entire applicant pool in relation to their stated achievements, to select the annual winners.
All Judges receive complimentary registration to
GEO’s 21st Annual Conference but are responsible for all of their related travel expenses to and from the in-person judging meeting and the annual conference.
Judges QualificationsGEO Awards Judges must meet specific criteria including:
- At least 15 years’ experience in an internal organization, and of that at least 5 years equity plan related.
- Up-to-date with the developments in the global equity compensation industry.
- Strong knowledge of aspects of executive and/or employee equity plans.
- Ability to influence others in a professional manner.
- Ability to communicate clearly (in English) and confidence to present awards at the GEO Awards.
- Be a team player.
For detailed information, please consult
Download the Judge's Profile.
How are the Judges Selected?Each year we will select our Judges on demonstrated performance in the industry. In addition, we will choose Judges that have little or no direct contact with the likely award candidate companies - we attempt to minimize any conflict of interest between a judge's prior work or involvement with applicant companies. Due to the nature of the required experience, only individuals in the role of issuer or academia may apply to be an Awards judge. Employees of service provider companies are not eligible to apply.
Please
contact us if you have any questions or more information.