Brown-Forman Management
Management criteria checks 3/4
Brown-Forman's CEO is Lawson Whiting, appointed in Jan 2019, has a tenure of 4.83 years. total yearly compensation is $9.65M, comprised of 13% salary and 87% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.013% of the company’s shares, worth €3.39M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5 years and 5.7 years respectively.
Key information
Lawson Whiting
Chief executive officer
US$9.7m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage | 13.0% |
CEO tenure | 4.8yrs |
CEO ownership | 0.01% |
Management average tenure | 5yrs |
Board average tenure | 5.7yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
---|---|---|---|
Jul 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$765m |
Apr 30 2023 | US$10m | US$1m | US$783m |
Jan 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$727m |
Oct 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$886m |
Jul 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$895m |
Apr 30 2022 | US$8m | US$1m | US$838m |
Jan 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$807m |
Oct 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$767m |
Jul 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$771m |
Apr 30 2021 | US$9m | US$1m | US$903m |
Jan 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$911m |
Oct 31 2020 | n/a | n/a | US$923m |
Jul 31 2020 | n/a | n/a | US$965m |
Apr 30 2020 | US$6m | US$1m | US$827m |
Jan 31 2020 | n/a | n/a | US$858m |
Oct 31 2019 | n/a | n/a | US$854m |
Jul 31 2019 | n/a | n/a | US$821m |
Apr 30 2019 | US$4m | US$872k | US$835m |
Jan 31 2019 | n/a | n/a | US$786m |
Oct 31 2018 | n/a | n/a | US$749m |
Jul 31 2018 | n/a | n/a | US$739m |
Apr 30 2018 | US$2m | US$598k | US$717m |
Jan 31 2018 | n/a | n/a | US$752m |
Oct 31 2017 | n/a | n/a | US$744m |
Jul 31 2017 | n/a | n/a | US$703m |
Apr 30 2017 | US$2m | US$487k | US$669m |
Compensation vs Market: Lawson's total compensation ($USD9.65M) is above average for companies of similar size in the BG market ($USD4.12M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Lawson's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Lawson Whiting (55 yo)
4.8yrs
Tenure
US$9,651,262
Compensation
Mr. Lawson E. Whiting has been Chief Executive Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation since January 1, 2019 and has been its President since March 28, 2019 and served as its President from January 1, 2019 to...
Leadership Team
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
Executive Chairman | 7.5yrs | US$722.45k | 1.39% $ 371.2m | |
CEO, President & Director | 4.8yrs | US$9.65m | 0.013% $ 3.4m | |
Executive VP & CFO | 2.3yrs | US$2.73m | 0.0016% $ 439.4k | |
Executive VP & General Counsel | 16.1yrs | US$1.90m | 0.049% $ 13.1m | |
Executive VP and Chief People | 8.8yrs | US$1.62m | 0.0046% $ 1.2m | |
Executive VP | 13.8yrs | no data | 0.0045% $ 1.2m | |
Executive VP & President of Emerging International | 5.4yrs | US$1.99m | 0.0045% $ 1.2m | |
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 5.3yrs | no data | 0.00053% $ 141.1k | |
Executive VP | 1.7yrs | no data | 0.0024% $ 633.8k | |
Chief Information Officer and Director of Supply Chain Integration & Strategy | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Director of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
Senior VP & MD of Woodford Reserve | no data | no data | no data |
5.0yrs
Average Tenure
53yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: BF5B's management team is seasoned and experienced (5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
Executive Chairman | 7.5yrs | US$722.45k | 1.39% $ 371.2m | |
CEO, President & Director | 5yrs | US$9.65m | 0.013% $ 3.4m | |
Executive VP | 7.5yrs | no data | 0.0045% $ 1.2m | |
Independent Director | 9.7yrs | US$296.25k | no data | |
Lead Independent Director | 9.8yrs | US$301.22k | no data | |
Independent Director | less than a year | US$6.72k | no data | |
Independent Director | 1.8yrs | US$314.69k | no data | |
Independent Director | less than a year | US$25.06k | no data | |
Director | 8.5yrs | US$215.00k | 0.40% $ 107.5m | |
Independent Director | 5.7yrs | US$262.88k | no data | |
Director | less than a year | no data | 0.14% $ 38.0m |
5.7yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: BF5B's board of directors are considered experienced (5.7 years average tenure).