Challenger's CEO is Nick Hamilton, appointed in Jan 2022, has a tenure of 4.33 years. total yearly compensation is A$3.98M, comprised of 27.3% salary and 72.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.085% of the company’s shares, worth $3.84M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 5.3 years respectively.
Key information
Nick Hamilton
Chief executive officer
AU$4.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
27.30%
CEO tenure
4.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.08%
Management average tenure
4.3yrs
Board average tenure
5.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Nick Hamilton's remuneration changed compared to Challenger's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
n/a
n/a
AU$459m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
AU$326m
Jun 30 2025
AU$4m
AU$1m
AU$192m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
AU$170m
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
AU$147m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
AU$141m
Jun 30 2024
AU$4m
AU$1m
AU$135m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
AU$168m
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
AU$202m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
AU$191m
Jun 30 2023
AU$3m
AU$1m
AU$179m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
AU$109m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
AU$15m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
AU$140m
Jun 30 2022
AU$2m
AU$841k
AU$264m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
AU$460m
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
AU$656m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
AU$624m
Jun 30 2021
AU$2m
AU$581k
AU$592m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
AU$89m
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-AU$414m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-AU$415m
Jun 30 2020
AU$940k
AU$450k
-AU$416m
Compensation vs Market: Nick's total compensation ($USD2.85M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD7.05M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Nick's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Nick Hamilton
4.3yrs
Tenure
AU$3,980,741
Compensation
Mr. Nicolas Hamilton, also known as Nick, serves as MD, CEO & Director of Challenger Life Company Limited since January 1, 2022. He serves as MD, Director and CEO at Challenger Ltd. since January 1, 2022....
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Nicolas Hamilton
MD, CEO & Director
4.3yrs
AU$3.98m
0.085% $ 3.8m
Alexandra Bell
Chief Financial Officer
3.4yrs
AU$1.96m
no data
Anton Kapel
Chief Executive of Insurance
5.2yrs
AU$1.95m
no data
Damian Graham
Group Chief Investment Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Mark Chen
General Manager of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Felicity Goodwin
Head of Public Affairs
no data
no data
no data
Louise Roche
Chief Human Resources Officer
4.3yrs
no data
no data
Trent Alston
Head of Property
no data
no data
no data
Christopher Plater
Chief Risk Officer
4.8yrs
AU$1.03m
no data
Paul Marriage
Acting Head of Corporate Affairs & Advocacy
no data
no data
no data
Mandy Mannix
Chief Executive of Customer
3.5yrs
no data
no data
Linda Matthews
Company Secretary
5.3yrs
no data
no data
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: CFIG.F's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Nicolas Hamilton
MD, CEO & Director
4.3yrs
AU$3.98m
0.085% $ 3.8m
John Green
Independent Non-Executive Director
8.4yrs
AU$254.50k
0.0033% $ 149.9k
Duncan West
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
7.7yrs
AU$450.00k
0.011% $ 479.0k
Melanie Victoria Willis
Independent Non-Executive Director
8.4yrs
AU$274.50k
0.023% $ 1.0m
Lisa Gray
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.5yrs
AU$246.00k
0.0034% $ 152.1k
Hiroyuki Iioka
Alternate Non-Executive Director
6.4yrs
no data
no data
David Charles Whittle
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
AU$8.11k
0.0013% $ 58.2k
John Somerville
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
AU$8.11k
0.0013% $ 57.8k
Heather Smith
Independent Non-Executive Director
5.3yrs
AU$278.00k
0.0042% $ 188.7k
5.3yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: CFIG.F's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/15 08:08
End of Day Share Price
2026/03/24 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/06/30
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Analyst Sources
Challenger Limited is covered by 24 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.