Sage has put an emphasis on increasing the number of women among its executive ranks. According to CEO Steve Kelly, in the last 18 months women have risen from representing a quarter of the top 150 of the company's leaders to one third. Kelly made those statements in the company's recent webcast for its earnings for the year ended September 30.

Compensation for the two top executives for the Sage Group dropped by double digits for the year ended September 30. CEO Guy Berruyer earned about $1.5 million for fiscal 2012, down 27 percent from the prior year. CFO Paul Harrison got roughly $862,000, a similar drop. Only pay for the members of the executive committee is reported and the other member, David Clayton, left the board in February 2012, but continued work until June last year.