American Express Company 2015 Corporate Social Responsibility Report

GRI INDEX
BOARD
BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Longstanding policies and practices
ensure that our company is managed
with integrity and in our shareholders’
best interests. We are committed to
upholding sound principles of corporate
governance and to meeting the
requirements of federal and state law
and the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange.
As of May 2016, our Board had the following characteristics:
3 / 13
2 / 13
FEMALE
RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE U.S.
The Board of Directors has adopted
Corporate Governance Principles which,
along with the charters of the Board
Committees, the Code of Conduct
for employees, and Code of Business
Conduct for Directors, provide the
framework for company governance.
4 / 13
MINORITIES
12 / 13
INDEPENDENT
Our Corporate Governance Principles
address matters such as composition
and size of the Board, director
qualifications, independence of
directors, director responsibilities,
frequency of Board meetings (including
meetings to be held without the
presence of management), the Board’s
access to members of management
and outside experts, share ownership
guidelines for directors and ways for
shareholders or others to communicate
their concerns to the Board.
AVERAGE DIRECTOR AGE
63.5 YEARS
56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Additional information can be found
in our Proxy Statement.
AVERAGE
NON-MANAGEMENT
TENURE
7.2 YEARS
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