Iridium Communications' CEO is Matt Desch, appointed in Sep 2006, has a tenure of 19.67 years. total yearly compensation is $9.01M, comprised of 11.6% salary and 88.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.99% of the company’s shares, worth €36.21M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.6 years and 14.4 years respectively.
Key information
Matt Desch
Chief executive officer
US$9.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
11.62%
CEO tenure
19.7yrs
CEO ownership
1.0%
Management average tenure
4.6yrs
Board average tenure
14.4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Matt Desch's remuneration changed compared to Iridium Communications's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$106m
Dec 31 2025
US$9m
US$1m
US$114m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$126m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$113m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$124m
Dec 31 2024
US$9m
US$1m
US$113m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$114m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$88m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$25m
Dec 31 2023
US$9m
US$981k
US$15m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$23m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$20m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$16m
Dec 31 2022
US$7m
US$952k
US$9m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$4m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$588k
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$1m
Dec 31 2021
US$5m
US$956k
-US$9m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$11m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$13m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$30m
Dec 31 2020
US$4m
US$957k
-US$56m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$156m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$170m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$178m
Dec 31 2019
US$4m
US$927k
-US$166m
Compensation vs Market: Matt's total compensation ($USD9.01M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.53M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Matt's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Matt Desch (67 yo)
19.7yrs
Tenure
US$9,013,522
Compensation
Mr. Matthew J. Desch, also known as Matt, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Iridium Satellite LLC since September 21, 2006. He serves as Independent Director at VeriSign, Inc. since October 6, 2025....
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Matthew Desch
CEO & Director
19.7yrs
US$9.01m
0.99% € 36.2m
Vincent O'Neill
Chief Financial Officer
1.3yrs
US$2.17m
0.023% € 839.7k
Suzanne McBride
COO & Director
7.3yrs
US$3.88m
0.16% € 5.9m
Kathleen Morgan
Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary
4.3yrs
US$2.20m
0.049% € 1.8m
Scott Scheimreif
Executive Vice President of Government Programs
13.4yrs
US$2.18m
0.15% € 5.5m
Gregory Pelton
Chief Technical Officer
4.9yrs
no data
no data
Manjula Sriram
VP & Chief Information Officer
4.3yrs
no data
no data
Kenneth Levy
Vice President of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Timothy Last
Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing
1.3yrs
no data
0.024% € 878.4k
Michael O'Connor
Executive Vice President of Positioning
2.1yrs
no data
no data
Donald Thoma
President & CEO of Aireon LLC
14.3yrs
US$1.29m
no data
4.6yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1IRDM's management team is considered experienced (4.6 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Matthew Desch
CEO & Director
16.7yrs
US$9.01m
0.99% € 36.2m
Suzanne McBride
COO & Director
6yrs
US$3.88m
0.16% € 5.9m
Leon Frazier
Independent Director
5.2yrs
US$303.04k
0.012% € 432.4k
Robert Niehaus
Independent Chairman of the Board
18.3yrs
US$413.99k
0.16% € 5.8m
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Director
12.8yrs
US$253.88k
0.22% € 8.2m
Thomas Canfield
Independent Director
18.3yrs
US$399.33k
0.035% € 1.3m
Arthur Money
Member of Government Advisory Board
no data
no data
no data
Alvin Krongard
Chairman of the Government Advisory Board & Independent Director
16.7yrs
US$341.48k
0.39% € 14.1m
Kay Sears
Independent Director
4yrs
US$270.13k
0.018% € 663.8k
Lance Lord
Member of Government Advisory Board
no data
no data
no data
Eric Olson
Member of Advisory Board & Independent Director
14.4yrs
US$357.24k
0.0088% € 320.6k
Douglas Fraser
Member of The Government Advisory Board
no data
no data
no data
14.4yrs
Average Tenure
69yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1IRDM's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 14.4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/07 12:43
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/07 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Iridium Communications Inc. is covered by 18 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.