Challenger Gold Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Challenger Gold's CEO is Kris Knauer, appointed in Jul 2019, has a tenure of 5.33 years. total yearly compensation is A$295.00K, comprised of 100% salary and 0% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 6.24% of the company’s shares, worth A$4.64M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.1 years and 2.5 years respectively.

Key information

Kris Knauer

Chief executive officer

AU$295.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage100.0%
CEO tenure5.3yrs
CEO ownership6.2%
Management average tenure1.1yrs
Board average tenure2.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Is Challenger Exploration (ASX:CEL) A Risky Investment?

Sep 21
Is Challenger Exploration (ASX:CEL) A Risky Investment?

We're Interested To See How Challenger Exploration (ASX:CEL) Uses Its Cash Hoard To Grow

Mar 03
We're Interested To See How Challenger Exploration (ASX:CEL) Uses Its Cash Hoard To Grow

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kris Knauer's remuneration changed compared to Challenger Gold's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2024n/an/a

AU$73m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

AU$64m

Dec 31 2023AU$295kAU$295k

AU$54m

Dec 31 2022AU$295kAU$148k

AU$49m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

AU$26m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

AU$16m

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

AU$4m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

AU$2m

Jun 30 2021AU$295kAU$148k

AU$3m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

AU$2m

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

AU$499k

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-AU$618k

Jun 30 2020AU$270kAU$268k

-AU$2m

Compensation vs Market: Kris's total compensation ($USD190.68K) is below average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD301.35K).

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


CEO

Kris Knauer (55 yo)

5.3yrs

Tenure

AU$295,000

Compensation

Mr. Kris David Knauer, B.Sc (Hons), has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Challenger Gold Limited (formerly known as Challenger Exploration Limited) (formerly, Challenger Energy Limited...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sergio Rotondo
Executive Chairman3.2yrsAU$324.04k6.22%
A$ 4.5m
Kris Knauer
MD, CEO & Director5.3yrsAU$295.00k6.24%
A$ 4.6m
Sonia Delgado
Executive Directorless than a yearAU$173.48k0.59%
A$ 433.5k
Kelly Moore
Inetrim CFO & Joint Company Secretaryless than a yearno datano data
Michael Zivcic
Chief Operating Officer1.5yrsno data1.17%
A$ 855.1k
Michelle Kennedy
Joint Company Secretaryless than a yearno datano data

1.1yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: CEL's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Sergio Rotondo
Executive Chairman3.2yrsAU$324.04k6.22%
A$ 4.5m
Kris Knauer
MD, CEO & Director5.6yrsAU$295.00k6.24%
A$ 4.6m
Sonia Delgado
Executive Directorless than a yearAU$173.48k0.59%
A$ 433.5k
Pinchas Althaus
Non-Executive Director1.8yrsAU$59.37k1.22%
A$ 892.5k
Fletcher Quinn
Non-Executive Director5.6yrsAU$60.00k1.94%
A$ 1.4m
Brett Hackett
Independent Non-Executive Director1.5yrsAU$44.95kno data

2.5yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CEL's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.5 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.