Science and Engineering Society and the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science—to build relationships with tribal colleges throughout the United States. The council also works with IBM SkillsBuild (previously known as Open P-TECH®) and similar organizations to increase awareness in indigenous communities of STEM careers and to support the growth of talent from these communities throughout IBM. In 2022, our focus is signature hiring events with job flexibility on location and retention programs. Native American US Native American representation showed positive trends in hiring in 2021; however, attrition impacted gains made in hiring and promotion. Our focus is to continue to close the gap across all representation categories with focus on hiring initiatives with our community partners and retention programs (e.g., sponsorship, mentoring and career development). See more detail on our three-year trends on page 28 . IBM’s Native American and Indigenous Executive Council and community works to increase Native American representation within IBM by engaging with partners—the American Indian 2019 2020 2021 2019 2020 2021 Women (global) Representation New hires Overall 33.3% 33.9% 37.6% Overall 39.1% 38.3% 40.6% Management 28.5% 29.0% 31.7% Management 29.7% 30.9% 34.0% Technical 26.6% 28.1% 31.3% Technical 28.8% 30.7% 34.8% Executive 27.6% 28.3% 29.3% Executive 33.5% 29.9% 32.8% Data includes active regular employees. Underrepresented Minorities (US) Representation New hires Overall 13.3% 13.7% 14.9% Overall 20.7% 21.3% 25.8% Management 10.3% 11.0% 11.5% Management 11.0% 14.0% 18.4% Technical 12.4% 12.9% 14.3% Technical 19.2% 21.3% 23.1% Executive 10.4% 11.6% 13.4% Executive 11.4% 13.9% 20.5% Underrepresented minorities include people who are Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI). Black (US) Representation New hires Overall 6.8% 6.9% 7.7% Overall 11.2% 11.3% 15.0% Management 4.9% 5.4% 5.9% Management 4.5% 8.3% 9.4% Technical 5.9% 6.0% 6.9% Technical 10.1% 11.1% 12.9% Executive 4.8% 5.4% 6.9% Executive 4.8% 8.0% 11.9% Hispanic (US) Representation New hires Overall 6.0% 6.3% 6.8% Overall 8.8% 9.4% 10.2% Management 5.0% 5.2% 5.3% Management 5.0% 5.7% 8.3% Technical 6.1% 6.4% 6.9% Technical 8.3% 9.7% 9.6% Executive 5.2% 5.7% 6.1% Executive 4.8% 5.8% 8.1% 2021 results are as of December 31, 2021. All data (except for women, as noted above) includes active regular and nonregular (supplemental) employees. “Overall” includes all members of the specific community. “Management” includes all executives and people managers. “Technical” includes Distinguished Engineers, Designers, IBM Fellows, etc. “Executive” includes Director level and above. Representation and hiring trends 27 IBM 2021 ESG Report