DroneShield Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Oleg Vornik

Chief executive officer

AU$2.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	11.5%
CEO tenure	7.3yrs
CEO ownership	n/a
Management average tenure	3.3yrs
Board average tenure	7.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

After Leaping 29% DroneShield Limited (ASX:DRO) Shares Are Not Flying Under The Radar

Apr 06

Returns Are Gaining Momentum At DroneShield (ASX:DRO)

Mar 26

Investors Appear Satisfied With DroneShield Limited's (ASX:DRO) Prospects As Shares Rocket 26%

Jan 17

We're Hopeful That DroneShield (ASX:DRO) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

May 15

We Think Shareholders Are Less Likely To Approve A Large Pay Rise For DroneShield Limited's (ASX:DRO) CEO For Now

Apr 21

DroneShield's (ASX:DRO) Stock Price Has Reduced 31% In The Past Three Years

Feb 26

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Oleg Vornik's remuneration changed compared to DroneShield's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	AU$3m	AU$330k	AU$9m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	AU$5m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	AU$1m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	AU$49k
Dec 31 2022	AU$516k	AU$306k	-AU$949k
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-AU$5m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-AU$10m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	-AU$8m
Dec 31 2021	AU$963k	AU$307k	-AU$5m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-AU$5m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	-AU$5m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Dec 31 2020	AU$1m	AU$300k	-AU$6m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-AU$7m
Dec 31 2019	AU$1m	AU$303k	-AU$8m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-AU$7m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-AU$5m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Dec 31 2018	AU$637k	AU$226k	-AU$6m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	-AU$6m
Dec 31 2017	AU$445k	AU$222k	-AU$5m

Compensation vs Market: Oleg's total compensation ($USD1.87M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD779.56K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Oleg's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Oleg Vornik

7.3yrs

Tenure

AU$2,860,224

Compensation

Mr. Oleg Vornik has been the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Executive Director of DroneShield Limited since January 24, 2017. He has been Managing Director and Director of DroneShield LLC s...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Oleg Vornik	CEO, MD & Executive Director	7.3yrs	AU$2.86m	no data
Carla Balanco	CFO & Joint Company Secretary	4.7yrs	no data	1.49% A$ 7.6m
Raffael Blattner	Operations Manager	less than a year	no data	no data
Angus Bean	Chief Technology Officer	5.4yrs	no data	1.2% A$ 6.1m
Paul Cenoz	General Counsel & Joint Company Secretary	less than a year	no data	no data
Matthew McCrann	Chief Executive Officer of DroneShield LLC (USA)	no data	no data	no data
Belinda Cleminson	Joint Company Secretary	1.8yrs	no data	no data

3.3yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: DRO's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Oleg Vornik	CEO, MD & Executive Director	7.3yrs	AU$2.86m	no data
Jay Cohen	Member of Advisory Board	no data	AU$39.51k	no data
Peter James	Independent Non-Executive Chairman	8yrs	AU$1.13m	0.15% A$ 763.6k
Jethro Marks	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.3yrs	AU$253.01k	0% A$ 0

7.3yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Board: DRO's board of directors are considered experienced (7.3 years average tenure).

DroneShield Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

DroneShield Limited, Annual General Meeting, Apr 23, 2024

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$7.2m worth of stock

DroneShield Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jan 15, 2024

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$1.2m worth of stock

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$831k worth of stock

DroneShield Limited Appoints Paul Cenoz as Joint Company Secretary

Recent updates

DroneShield Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 100 million.

New major risk - Share price stability

DroneShield Limited has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 70.221533 million.

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 35%

After Leaping 29% DroneShield Limited (ASX:DRO) Shares Are Not Flying Under The Radar

Returns Are Gaining Momentum At DroneShield (ASX:DRO)

DroneShield Limited, Annual General Meeting, Apr 23, 2024

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$7.2m worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 16%, revenue upgraded

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investors Appear Satisfied With DroneShield Limited's (ASX:DRO) Prospects As Shares Rocket 26%

Consensus revenue estimates increase by 21%, EPS downgraded

DroneShield Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jan 15, 2024

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$1.2m worth of stock

New minor risk - Market cap size

First half 2023 earnings released: AU$0.006 loss per share (vs AU$0.012 loss in 1H 2022)

New minor risk - Financial data availability

New minor risk - Share price stability

Price target increased by 9.8% to AU$0.45

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$831k worth of stock

DroneShield Limited Appoints Paul Cenoz as Joint Company Secretary

DroneShield Limited Announces the Rollout of A Major Update to the DroneSentry-C2 Platform

CEO, MD & Executive Director exercised options to buy AU$75k worth of stock.

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

DroneShield Limited Commences the Release of Major Update Across its Global Fleet of Counterdrone Devices

DroneShield Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 10.88 million.

Forecast breakeven date moved forward to 2023

Insufficient new directors

Price target increased by 31% to AU$0.42

CEO, MD & Executive Director recently sold AU$1.9m worth of stock

Price target increased to AU$0.34

Droneshield Limited Announces Successful Completion of Defence Innovation Hub Project

Forecast breakeven date pushed back to 2024

DroneShield Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 3.7 million.

DroneShield Limited Releases the Latest V8.1.0 Version of Its DroneSentry-C2 Command-And-Control System

Price target increased to AU$0.30

DroneShield Recommends by U.S. DoD

Droneshield Ltd Releases Major Tactical Enhancements Across Its Global Fleet of counterdrone (C-UAS) Devices with Fourth Quarter 2022 Software Update

First half 2022 earnings released: AU$0.012 loss per share (vs AU$0.001 loss in 1H 2021)

DroneShield Limited Commences the Release of A Software Update

DroneShield Limited Announces Change of Company Secretary

DroneShield Limited Deploys RfPatrol Body-Worn Detection Technology At Davos 2022

We're Hopeful That DroneShield (ASX:DRO) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

DroneShield Limited Announces Launch of DroneSentry-C2 in Partnership with Nearmap

CEO, MD & Executive Director exercised options to buy AU$43k worth of stock.

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

First half 2021 earnings released: AU$0.001 loss per share (vs AU$0.005 loss in 1H 2020)

Independent Non-Executive Director exercised options to buy AU$81k worth of stock.

We Think Shareholders Are Less Likely To Approve A Large Pay Rise For DroneShield Limited's (ASX:DRO) CEO For Now

DroneShield Limited, Annual General Meeting, Apr 28, 2021

DroneShield Ltd Receives Order from High Profile Government Customer from Five Eyes Country

Full year 2020 earnings released: AU$0.02 loss per share (vs AU$0.036 loss in FY 2019)

DroneShield's (ASX:DRO) Stock Price Has Reduced 31% In The Past Three Years

Droneshield Ltd Announces US Department of Homeland Security Agreement

DroneShield Ltd Receives First Order Under the EU Police Framework Agreement

DroneShield Ltd. Receives Government Agency Order

CEO, MD & Executive Director exercised options to buy AU$46k worth of stock.

DroneShield Limited Receives Defence R&D Artificial Intelligence Contract

DroneShield Limited Receives an Order for its Dronegun Tactical

New 90-day high: AU$0.21

New 90-day high - AU$0.20

DroneShield Limited has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of AUD 9.467 million.

First half earnings released

DroneShield Limited announced that it has received AUD 7.5 million in funding

DroneShield Limited announced that it expects to receive AUD 7.5 million in funding

CEO Compensation Analysis

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