Norfolk Southern Management
Management criteria checks 1/4
Norfolk Southern's CEO is Alan Shaw, appointed in Dec 2021, has a tenure of 2.42 years. total yearly compensation is $13.42M, comprised of 8.2% salary and 91.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.017% of the company’s shares, worth €7.60M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.4 years and 1.4 years respectively.
Key information
Alan Shaw
Chief executive officer
US$13.4m
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 8.2% |
| CEO tenure | 2.4yrs |
| CEO ownership | 0.02% |
| Management average tenure | 2.4yrs |
| Board average tenure | 1.4yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31 2024 | n/a | n/a | US$1b |
| Dec 31 2023 | US$13m | US$1m | US$2b |
| Sep 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$2b |
| Jun 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Mar 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Dec 31 2022 | US$10m | US$900k | US$3b |
| Sep 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Jun 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Mar 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Dec 31 2021 | US$4m | US$617k | US$3b |
| Sep 30 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Jun 30 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Mar 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | US$2b |
| Dec 31 2020 | US$4m | US$600k | US$2b |
| Sep 30 2020 | n/a | n/a | US$2b |
| Jun 30 2020 | n/a | n/a | US$2b |
| Mar 31 2020 | n/a | n/a | US$2b |
| Dec 31 2019 | US$5m | US$600k | US$3b |
| Sep 30 2019 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Jun 30 2019 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Mar 31 2019 | n/a | n/a | US$3b |
| Dec 31 2018 | US$4m | US$600k | US$3b |
| Sep 30 2018 | n/a | n/a | US$6b |
| Jun 30 2018 | n/a | n/a | US$6b |
| Mar 31 2018 | n/a | n/a | US$6b |
| Dec 31 2017 | US$4m | US$600k | US$5b |
Compensation vs Market: Alan's total compensation ($USD13.42M) is above average for companies of similar size in the BG market ($USD4.42M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Alan's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Alan Shaw (55 yo)
2.4yrs
Tenure
US$13,418,978
Compensation
Mr. Alan H. Shaw has been President at Norfolk Southern Corporation since December 02, 2021 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Director since May 01, 2022. He was Chief Marketing Officer and Exe...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2.4yrs | US$13.42m | 0.017% $ 7.6m | |
| Executive VP & CFO | 4.5yrs | US$3.37m | 0.0060% $ 2.8m | |
| Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer | 2.4yrs | US$3.96m | 0.000060% $ 27.6k | |
| COO & Executive VP | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| VP of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer | 10.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior Director of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Executive VP & Chief Legal Officer | 2.2yrs | no data | 0.00082% $ 376.8k | |
| VP & Chief Compliance Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| VP & Chief Communications Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Vice President of Human Resources | 4yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP & Chief Strategy Officer | 2.3yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Sustainability Officer | 4.2yrs | no data | no data |
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
55yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: NFS's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2yrs | US$13.42m | 0.017% $ 7.6m | |
| Independent Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Independent Chairman | 4.7yrs | US$300.32k | 0.0063% $ 2.9m | |
| Director | no data | no data | 0.00053% $ 243.6k | |
| Independent Director | 4.3yrs | US$354.32k | 0.000030% $ 13.8k | |
| Independent Director | 7.5yrs | US$328.57k | 0.000010% $ 4.6k | |
| Independent Director | 5.3yrs | US$320.32k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | 4.3yrs | US$315.32k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | less than a year | US$147.03k | no data | |
| Independent Director | no data | no data | 0.0013% $ 611.2k | |
| Independent Director | less than a year | US$142.03k | no data | |
| Director | no data | no data | no data |
1.4yrs
Average Tenure
63yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: NFS's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.