International Crisis Group

“- joshua fink and frank giustra have a business relationship. - joshua fink and paul reynolds have a business relationship. - frank giustra and paul reynolds have a business relationship. - frank giustra and wesley clark have a business relationship. - tom pickering and carla hills have a business relationship.”

“Management worked with external accountants to prepare and review the irs form 990. The cfo had primary responsibility for preparing the form while other senior staff provided direct input into its preparation. The completed form was reviewed by senior staff, which was then finalized with the external accountants. The president and ceo then reviewed the form with the finance committee which reported its approval to the board of directors who were provided with an electronic link to the approved form before filing.”

“The board has adopted a conflict of interest policy which is applicable to all trustees and staff members. Trustees are required to disclose to one of the co-chairs, and staff members to the president and ceo, any situation which is or may become a conflict of interest. Difficult or contested matters are discussed and resolved with the executive committee, finance committee, or audit committee as appropriate. Trustees are required to excuse themselves from any discussions and decisions of the board which involve matters that are or may result in a conflict of interest, and the minutes of the applicable meeting reflect the abstention, with the vote not being counted for purposes of determining the quorum. Staff members are required to scrupulously avoid any conflict between their own respective individual interests and those of crisis group. All trustees and staff members are required to sign annually an acknowledgment and certification regarding compliance with the conflict of interest policy. The secretary monitors the enforcement of the policy for trustees and the director of human resources monitors enforcement of the policy for staff members.”

“The president and ceo, in consultation with the chief of human resources, sets the compensation of senior employees and determines that such compensation is reasonable taking into account comparable compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations, and then sends the approved compensation packages and comparability data to the finance committee for its approval. The finance committee's review and approval are reported to the full board. The ceo most recently considered the reasonableness of the compensation of senior employees consistent with the above policy and procedures and sent the approved compensation packages and comparability data to the finance committee, which reviewed the compensation package and comparability data and approved those compensation packages as reasonable on december 18, 2014, retroactive to july 1, 2014. The deliberation and decision of the finance committee was contemporaneously documented and will be reported to the full board.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Net unrealized/realized loss on exchange 660,212.”