Green Plains Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Green Plains' CEO is George Simpkins, appointed in Feb 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is $1.39M, comprised of 32.3% salary and 67.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.41% of the company’s shares, worth €1.21M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 4.2 years respectively.

Key information

George Simpkins

Chief executive officer

US$1.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage32.30%
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownership0.4%
Management average tenure2.6yrs
Board average tenure4.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has George Simpkins's remuneration changed compared to Green Plains's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-US$104m

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

-US$82m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$20m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$46m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$74m

Dec 31 2023US$1mUS$450k

-US$93m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$139m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$235m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$136m

Dec 31 2022US$2mUS$450k

-US$127m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$98m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$84m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$121m

Dec 31 2021US$2mUS$415k

-US$66m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$106m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$81m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$99m

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

-US$109m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$99m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$107m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$146m

Dec 31 2019US$1mUS$364k

-US$168m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$74m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$45m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$10m

Dec 31 2018US$984kUS$300k

US$4m

Compensation vs Market: George's total compensation ($USD1.39M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD920.27K).

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


CEO

George Simpkins (62 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

US$1,393,090

Compensation

Mr. George Patrich Simpkins Jr, is Chief Executive Officer of Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC, a majority owned subsidiary of Green Plains Inc since February 2025. He served as Chief Transformation Officer at...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Philip Boggs
Chief Financial Officerless than a yearUS$940.54k0.13%
€ 377.1k
Chris Osowski
Executive Vice President of Operations & Technology3.3yrsUS$1.35m0.11%
€ 320.5k
Michelle Mapes
Interim Principal Executive Officer15.7yrsUS$1.36m0.14%
€ 412.6k
Grant Kadavy
Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations2.6yrsUS$1.48m0.0079%
€ 23.3k
James Herbert
Chief Human Resources Officer2.6yrsno data0.10%
€ 309.4k
Mark Hudak
Executive Vice President of Human Resourcesno datano datano data
Negil McPherson
Chief People Officer2.6yrsno datano data
Leslie van der Meulen
Executive Vice President of Product Marketing & Innovation4yrsUS$1.24m0.079%
€ 233.6k
Anand Sundaresan
Senior Vice President3.3yrsno datano data
Devin Mogler
Senior Vice President of Corporate & Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Imre Havasi
Senior VP and Head of Trading & Commercial Operationsno datano data0.076%
€ 225.0k
George Simpkins
Chief Executive Officer of Fluid Quip Technologiesless than a yearUS$1.39m0.41%
€ 1.2m

2.6yrs

Average Tenure

53.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: G3V's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ejnar Knudsen
Independent Director9yrsUS$225.00k0.069%
€ 202.8k
Farha Aslam Ford
Independent Director3.6yrsUS$225.00k0.020%
€ 57.7k
Brian Peterson
Independent Director20yrsUS$235.00k0.082%
€ 243.3k
Steven Furcich
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.0078%
€ 22.9k
Carl Grassi
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.0078%
€ 22.9k
Alain Treuer
Independent Director16.6yrsUS$225.00k0.070%
€ 207.8k
Martin Salinas
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$245.00k0.042%
€ 124.6k
James Anderson
Independent Chairman of the Board16.6yrsUS$245.00k0.19%
€ 555.2k
Patrick Sweeney
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.0078%
€ 22.9k
Kimberly Wagner
Independent Director4.6yrsUS$240.00k0.030%
€ 89.0k

4.2yrs

Average Tenure

57.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: G3V's board of directors are considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/16 09:29
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/15 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Green Plains Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew StrelzikBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Salvator TianoBofA Global Research
Eric StineCraig-Hallum Capital Group LLC