Advantest Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Douglas Lefever

Chief executive officer

JP¥279.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	28.0%
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	n/a
Management average tenure	2.3yrs
Board average tenure	3.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Advantest Corporation's (TSE:6857) Stock Retreats 27% But Earnings Haven't Escaped The Attention Of Investors

Apr 30

Here's Why Advantest (TSE:6857) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

Apr 01

Advantest (TSE:6857) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

Mar 16

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Douglas Lefever's remuneration changed compared to Advantest's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	JP¥62b
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥78b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥85b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥103b
Mar 31 2023	JP¥279m	JP¥78m	JP¥130b
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	JP¥126b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	JP¥123b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	JP¥104b
Mar 31 2022	JP¥280m	JP¥64m	JP¥87b
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	JP¥94b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	JP¥81b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	JP¥79b
Mar 31 2021	JP¥191m	JP¥66m	JP¥70b

Compensation vs Market: Douglas's total compensation ($USD1.79M) is about average for companies of similar size in the JP market ($USD1.56M).

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

CEO

Douglas Lefever (53 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

JP¥279,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Douglas Lefever is Corporate Vice President and Group COO at Advantest Corporation. Mr. Lefever served as Chief Strategy Officer at Advantest Corporation and serves as its Representative Director since...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Douglas Lefever	Group CEO	less than a year	JP¥279.00m	no data
Koichi Tsukui	President	less than a year	JP¥117.00m	0.0056% ¥ 214.1m
Soichi Tsukakoshi	Managing Executive Officer & Chief Production Officer	15.9yrs	JP¥116.00m	0.0081% ¥ 306.3m
Yasuo Mihashi	CFO, CSO & Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Juergen Serrer	CTO, Executive VP of ATE Business Group & Senior Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Makoto Nakahara	Chief Customer Relations Officer & Executive Vice President	1.3yrs	no data	no data
Keith Hardwick	Chief Compliance Officer	9.9yrs	no data	no data
Yong Xu	China Business Strategy & Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Michael Stichlmair	Executive Officer & Deputy GM of Sales Division	6.9yrs	no data	no data
Sanjeev Mohan	Co-Chief Customer Relations Officer & Executive Officer	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Masayuki Suzuki	Executive Officer & Executive VP of Memory Test Business Unit of ATE Business Group	no data	no data	no data
Naruo Tanaka	New Business Promotion Office GM & Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

58.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 6857's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Douglas Lefever	Group CEO	3.9yrs	JP¥279.00m	no data
Koichi Tsukui	President	3.9yrs	JP¥117.00m	0.0056% ¥ 214.1m
Yuichi Kurita	Director	8.9yrs	no data	0.0026% ¥ 98.7m
Yoshiaki Yoshida	Chairman of the Board	10.9yrs	JP¥213.00m	0.034% ¥ 1.3b
Toshimitsu Urabe	Independent Outside Director	4.9yrs	no data	0.00043% ¥ 16.3m
Naoto Nishida	Independent Outside Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Nicholas Benes	Independent Outside Director	4.9yrs	no data	0.00033% ¥ 12.5m
Sayaka Sumida	Outside Independent Director	3.9yrs	no data	0.00027% ¥ 10.2m
Tomoko Nakada	Independent Outside Director	less than a year	no data	no data

3.9yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 6857's board of directors are considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).

Advantest Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Advantest Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 28, 2024

Advantest Corporation Announces Management Changes, Effective April 1, 2024

Less than half of directors are independent

Less than half of directors are independent

Recent updates

Advantest Corporation's (TSE:6857) Stock Retreats 27% But Earnings Haven't Escaped The Attention Of Investors

Advantest Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 28, 2024

Full year 2024 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Here's Why Advantest (TSE:6857) Can Manage Its Debt Responsibly

Upcoming dividend of JP¥17.50 per share

Advantest (TSE:6857) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

Advantest Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Apr 26, 2024

Advantest to Exhibit Latest Test Solutions at SEMICON China, March 20-22 in Shanghai

Dividend of JP¥17.50 announced

Advantest Corporation Announces Management Changes, Effective April 1, 2024

Advantest Corporation Revises Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2024

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Advantest Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Jan 31, 2024

Advantest Corporation Launches Real-Time Data Infrastructure (Rtdi™?) Platform Driving the Next Generation of Semiconductor Test

Advantest Corporation Targets NAND Flash/NVM Market with New Group of Memory Test Products

Advantest Corporation to Showcase Latest Test Solutions at SEMICON Europa 2023, Nov. 14-17, in Munich, Germany

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 12%

New major risk - Share price stability

Advantest Corporation Provides Earnings Forecast for the Year Ending March 31, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Advantest Corporation Announces A New Active Thermal Control (ATC) Option for Its M4841 High-Volume Device Handler

Advantest Corporation to Showcase Latest Semiconductor Test Solutions At the International Test Conference in Anaheim, California

Advantest Corporation Receives PCI Express(R) Gen 5 Certification for MPT3000 Solid-State Drive Test Systems

Upcoming dividend of JP¥65.00 per share at 0.9% yield

Advantest Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Oct 31, 2023

Advantest Corporation to Showcase Latest Memory and SSD System-Level Test Solutions At Flash Memory Summit 2023

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues miss analyst expectations

New major risk - Share price stability

Advantest Corporation to Exhibit Latest IC Test Solutions at SEMICON China, June 29- July 1 in Shanghai

Price target increased by 12% to JP¥16,929

Advantest Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jul 26, 2023

Price target increased by 8.7% to JP¥15,524

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 27%

Price target increased by 9.1% to JP¥14,106

Advantest Corporation Declares Year End Dividend for the Year Ended March 31, 2023, Payable on June 5, 2023

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Advantest Corporation Ships 10,000th V93000 SoC Test System

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Price target increased by 7.1% to JP¥12,139

Advantest Corporation Provides Dividend Guidance for the Year Ending March 31, 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Advantest Corporation to Showcase Latest Semiconductor Test Solutions At SEMICON Korea

Advantest Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Jan 31, 2023

Advantest Corporation to Showcase Latest IC Test Solutions At SEMICON Japan

Advantest Corporation Unveils E5620 DR-SEM for Review and Classification of Ultra-Small Photomask Defects

Advantest Introduces New inteXcell Series of High-Performance, Economical Test Cells for Advanced Memory ICs

Advantest Corporation Expands T6391 Display Driver Tester Capabilities with New Per-Pin Digitizer and Comparator (LCD HP)

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Less than half of directors are independent

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Advantest Launches Universal VI and Power Supply Card for V93000EXA Scale SoC Test System

Upcoming dividend of JP¥65.00 per share

Advantest Corporation to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Oct 27, 2022

Advantest Corporation Launches ACS Solution Store to Enable Real-Time Data Analytics Solutions for Semiconductor Test

Advantest Corporation (TSE:6857) announces an Equity Buyback for 10,000,000 shares, representing 5.26% for ¥50,000 million.

First quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Advantest Corporation Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending March 31, 2023

Advantest Corporation Adds System-Level Testing Capability for Advanced Memory ICs Used in High-Growth Automotive Market

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Advantest Corporation to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Jul 28, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Advantest Corporation (TSE:6857) entered into an agreement to acquire Crea Collaudi Elettronici Automatizzati Srl.

Advantest Launches Compact Test Station for V93000 Platform, Enabling 4X Capacity Increase in IC Engineering Labs

Advantest Introduces Flexible DUT Interface Enabling Increased Parallelism on V93000 EXA Scale Test Systems

Full year 2022 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Less than half of directors are independent

Advantest Corporation Rolls Out ACS Adaptive Probe Cleaning to Optimize Probe Card Cleaning Efficiency

Advantest Corporation Introduces New 3D Image Viewer