Discover Financial Services Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

J. Shepherd

Chief executive officer

US$188.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	n/a
Management average tenure	2.9yrs
Board average tenure	3.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

J. Shepherd (69 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

US$188,011

Compensation

Mr. J. Michael Shepherd, J.D. serves as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Discover Bank and Discover Financial Services since April 01, 2024. He is Independent Director of Discover Financial...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
J. Shepherd	Interim CEO	less than a year	US$188.01k	no data
John Greene	Executive VP & CFO	5.2yrs	US$4.09m	0.0076% € 3.3m
Hope Mehlman	Executive VP	1.8yrs	US$6.61m	0.0012% € 528.5k
Daniel Capozzi	Executive VP & President of Consumer Banking	7.4yrs	US$3.67m	0.020% € 8.5m
Keith Toney	Executive VP and President of Credit & Decision Management	5.8yrs	US$3.57m	0.024% € 10.3m
Shifra Kolsky	Chief Accounting Officer	4yrs	no data	0.0023% € 996.8k
Jason Strle	Executive VP & Chief Information Officer	1.3yrs	no data	0.010% € 4.3m
Eric Wasserstrom	Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Leslie Sutton	Vice President of Corporate Communications	11.8yrs	no data	no data
Carolyn Blair	Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Jason Hanson	Executive VP	no data	no data	0.014% € 6.2m
Bill Chippendale	Chief Audit Executive	1.1yrs	no data	no data

2.9yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: DFS's management team is considered experienced (2.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
J. Shepherd	Interim CEO	1.3yrs	US$188.01k	no data
Joseph Eazor	Independent Director	8.8yrs	US$325.00k	0.0034% € 1.5m
Thomas Maheras	Independent Chairman of the Board	16.2yrs	US$505.00k	0.025% € 10.8m
Beverley Sibblies	Independent Director	1.5yrs	US$297.50k	0% € 0
John Owen	Independent Director	2.4yrs	US$2.19m	0.0019% € 825.0k
Daniela O'Leary-Gill	Independent Director	1.4yrs	US$276.33k	0.0015% € 644.5k
Candace Duncan	Independent Director	10.5yrs	US$356.67k	0% € 0
Jennifer Wong	Independent Director	5.3yrs	US$295.00k	0% € 0
David Rawlinson	Independent Director	3.8yrs	US$331.67k	0% € 0
Kathy Lonowski	Director	1.2yrs	US$161.72k	0% € 0

3.1yrs

Average Tenure

61.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DFS's board of directors are considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Discover Financial Services Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Discover Financial Services Announces Executive Changes

Discover Financial Services, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €3.4m worth of stock

Discover Financial Services and Discover Bank Announce Management Changes, Effective on or Before March 6, 2024

Discover Financial Services and Discover Bank Appoint Kathy “Moe” Lonowski to Boards of Directors

High number of new directors

Recent updates

Discover Financial Services announced delayed 10-Q filing

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Discover Financial Services Announces Executive Changes

Third quarter dividend of US$0.70 announced

Discover Financial Services Reports Unaudited Net Principal Charge-Off for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2024

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$3.85 (vs US$2.59 in 3Q 2023)

Discover Financial Services Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 5, 2024

Discover Financial Services to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 16, 2024

New minor risk - Share price stability

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 15%

New minor risk - Financial position

Second quarter dividend of US$0.70 announced

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$6.06 (vs US$3.54 in 2Q 2023)

Discover Financial Services Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on September 5, 2024

Discover Financial Services to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 17, 2024

Carlyle, KKR Reportedly Shortlisted to Bid for Discover's US Student Loan Portfolio

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.10 (vs US$3.55 in 1Q 2023)

First quarter dividend of US$0.70 announced

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.10 (vs US$3.57 in 1Q 2023)

Discover Financial Services Declares Quarterly Dividend , Payable on June 6, 2024

Discover Financial Services to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Apr 17, 2024

Discover Financial Services, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$11.26 (vs US$15.47 in FY 2022)

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) for $35 billion.

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) for $35 billion.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share at 2.6% yield

Executive VP & CFO recently sold €3.4m worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$11.58 (vs US$15.54 in FY 2022)

Discover Financial Services Declares Quarterly Dividend for Common Stock, Payable on March 7, 2024

Discover Financial Services to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Jan 17, 2024

Discover Financial Services and Discover Bank Announce Management Changes, Effective on or Before March 6, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Discover Financial Explores Sale of Students Loan Portfolio

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share at 3.3% yield

New minor risk - Financial position

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.59 (vs US$3.54 in 3Q 2022)

Levi & Korsinsky Notifies Discover Financial Services Investors of A Class Action Lawsuit and Upcoming Deadline

Discover Financial Services Reports Unaudited Net Principal Charge-Off for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2023

Discover Global Network Launches New Network Tokenization Platform

Discover Financial Services to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 18, 2023

Discover Financial Services Reportedly Considers Possible Sale of its Student-Loan Arm

Discover Financial Services Reportedly Considers Possible Sale of its Student-Loan Arm

Discover Financial Services and Discover Bank Appoint Kathy “Moe” Lonowski to Boards of Directors

Gainey McKenna & Egleston Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Discover Financial Services

Gainey McKenna & Egleston Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Discover Financial Services

High number of new directors

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Discover Financial Services Announces Management Changes

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share at 3.0% yield

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