Canadian Solar Management
Management criteria checks 3/4
Canadian Solar's CEO is Shawn Qu, appointed in Oct 2001, has a tenure of 22.58 years. total yearly compensation is $961.00K, comprised of 100% salary and 0% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 20.73% of the company’s shares, worth €213.88M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.4 years and 4.8 years respectively.
Key information
Shawn Qu
Chief executive officer
US$961.0k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage | 100.0% |
CEO tenure | 22.6yrs |
CEO ownership | 20.7% |
Management average tenure | 4.4yrs |
Board average tenure | 4.8yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
---|---|---|---|
Dec 31 2023 | US$961k | US$961k | US$274m |
Compensation vs Market: Shawn's total compensation ($USD961.00K) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.18M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Shawn's compensation with company performance.
CEO
Shawn Qu (59 yo)
22.6yrs
Tenure
US$961,000
Compensation
Dr. Xiaohua Qu, also known as Shawn, Founded Canadian Solar Inc. in October 2001 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since October 2001. He serves as the President and Director of Canadi...
Leadership Team
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chairman | 22.6yrs | US$961.00k | 20.73% $ 213.9m | |
Senior VP | 8yrs | US$541.00k | no data | |
Director | 12yrs | US$865.00k | no data | |
Head of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
Interim Chief Compliance Officer | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Managing Director of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
Chief Executive Officer of Recurrent Energy | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Corporate Secretary & Corporate Controller | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Senior Supervisor of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
Director of Investor Relations & Strategic Analysis | no data | no data | no data |
4.4yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: L5A's management team is considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chairman | 22.6yrs | US$961.00k | 20.73% $ 213.9m | |
Senior VP | 3.7yrs | US$541.00k | no data | |
Director | 3.7yrs | US$865.00k | no data | |
Lead Independent Director | 3.7yrs | no data | no data | |
Independent Director | 12.8yrs | no data | 0.042% $ 433.2k | |
Independent Director | 9.8yrs | no data | 0.0043% $ 44.4k | |
Independent Director | 4.3yrs | no data | 0.0021% $ 21.2k | |
Independent Director | 5.2yrs | no data | 0.0097% $ 99.8k |
4.8yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: L5A's board of directors are considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).