Open Text Management
Management criteria checks 2/4
Open Text's CEO is Christopher McGourlay, appointed in Aug 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.011% of the company’s shares, worth CA$1.36M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 6.2 years respectively.
Key information
Christopher McGourlay
Chief executive officer
n/a
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | n/a |
| CEO tenure | less than a year |
| CEO ownership | 0.01% |
| Management average tenure | 2.3yrs |
| Board average tenure | 6.2yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO
Christopher McGourlay (56 yo)
Mr. Christopher James McGourlay is Interim Chief Executive Officer of Open Text Corporation since August 11, 2025. He served as Executive Vice President of International Sales at Open Text Corporation sinc...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President & Chief Customer Officer | no data | US$5.07m | 0.0077% CA$ 928.2k | |
| President of OpenText Worldwide Sales | 1.6yrs | US$5.72m | 0.0024% CA$ 290.6k | |
| Executive Vice President of Security Products | 13.4yrs | US$3.72m | 0.047% CA$ 5.7m | |
| Interim Chief Executive Officer | less than a year | no data | 0.011% CA$ 1.4m | |
| Executive VP & CFO | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 2.9yrs | no data | 0.0021% CA$ 252.2k | |
| Executive VP | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Executive VP | less than a year | no data | 0.00053% CA$ 63.6k | |
| Senior VP & Global Head of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| Executive VP | 3.8yrs | no data | 0.0041% CA$ 492.3k | |
| Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer | 3.8yrs | no data | 0.00086% CA$ 103.3k | |
| Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer | 7.1yrs | no data | 0.0062% CA$ 740.9k |
Experienced Management: OTEX's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Director | 16.9yrs | US$510.57k | 0.010% CA$ 1.2m | |
| Independent Director | 15.9yrs | US$533.26k | 0% CA$ 0 | |
| Non-Independent Director | 28.2yrs | US$487.46k | 0.14% CA$ 16.9m | |
| Independent Director | 27.7yrs | US$521.49k | 0.079% CA$ 9.4m | |
| Executive Chair & Chief Strategy Officer | 30.9yrs | US$685.37k | 1.33% CA$ 159.5m | |
| Independent Director | 1.9yrs | US$347.78k | no data | |
| Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 5.2yrs | US$385.18k | 0% CA$ 0 | |
| Lead Independent Director | 7.2yrs | US$409.38k | 0.00010% CA$ 12.0k | |
| Independent Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 1yr | US$285.72k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 1.3yrs | US$428.04k | no data |
Experienced Board: OTEX's board of directors are considered experienced (6.2 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/11/09 14:51 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/11/07 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/06/30 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Open Text Corporation is covered by 24 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Kadambari Daptardar | Accountability Research Corporation |
| Raimo Lenschow | Barclays |
| Phillip Huang | Barclays |