Santos' CEO is Kevin Gallagher, appointed in Feb 2016, has a tenure of 10.33 years. total yearly compensation is $3.87M, comprised of 34% salary and 66% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.096% of the company’s shares, worth $17.77M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.7 years and 5.6 years respectively.
Key information
Kevin Gallagher
Chief executive officer
US$3.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
33.99%
CEO tenure
10.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.1%
Management average tenure
2.7yrs
Board average tenure
5.6yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Kevin Gallagher's remuneration changed compared to Santos's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
US$4m
US$1m
US$818m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$923m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2024
US$6m
US$1m
US$1b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2023
US$6m
US$1m
US$1b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2022
US$6m
US$1m
US$2b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2021
US$6m
US$1m
US$658m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$472m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$286m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$35m
Dec 31 2020
US$4m
US$1m
-US$357m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$180m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$3m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$336m
Dec 31 2019
US$5m
US$1m
US$674m
Compensation vs Market: Kevin's total compensation ($USD3.87M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.63M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Kevin's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Kevin Gallagher (61 yo)
10.3yrs
Tenure
US$3,869,955
Compensation
Mr. Kevin Thomas Gallagher, BEng (Mechanical) Hons, MAICD, FIEAust, served as Independent Non-Executive Director at Mineral Resources Limited since March 01, 2022 until March 2022. He has been the Chief Ex...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Kevin Gallagher
MD, CEO & Director
10.3yrs
US$3.87m
0.096% $ 17.8m
Lachlan Harris
Chief Financial Officer
less than a year
US$486.46k
0.0025% $ 453.3k
Brett Darley
Chief Operating Officer of Australia & PNG Upstream Oil & Gas
7.6yrs
US$1.39m
0.0061% $ 1.1m
Steven Trench
Executive VP of Operations & Technical Services
2.5yrs
no data
no data
Amelia Jalleh
Group General Counsel & SVP of Governance
no data
no data
no data
Sean Pitt
Executive Vice President of Marketing
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Kim Lee
Executive Vice President of People & Culture
3.4yrs
no data
no data
Nick Fox
Head of Environment & Access
no data
no data
no data
Bruce Dingeman
Executive VP & President of Alaska
4.3yrs
no data
no data
Tracey Winters
Chief Strategy Officer
2.3yrs
no data
no data
Alan Stuart-Grant
Executive Vice President of Midstream Energy Solutions
2.8yrs
no data
no data
Rhiannon Hornsey
Chief of Staff - Communications & Brand
less than a year
no data
no data
2.7yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: STOS.F's management team is considered experienced (2.7 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Kevin Gallagher
MD, CEO & Director
10.3yrs
US$3.87m
0.096% $ 17.8m
Keith Spence
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
8.4yrs
US$391.48k
0.0051% $ 945.2k
Vickki McFadden
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.2yrs
US$184.41k
0.0019% $ 351.9k
Vanessa Guthrie
Independent Non-Executive Director
8.9yrs
US$184.41k
0.0014% $ 254.3k
Musje Werror
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.5yrs
US$166.82k
0.0012% $ 219.3k
Michael Utsler
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.1yrs
US$184.31k
0.0015% $ 283.7k
Janine McArdle
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.7yrs
US$167.65k
0.0025% $ 455.1k
John Lydon
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.2yrs
US$150.88k
0.0040% $ 740.7k
5.6yrs
Average Tenure
66yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: STOS.F's board of directors are considered experienced (5.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/15 12:35
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/12 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
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