Sandstorm Gold Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Sandstorm Gold's CEO is Nolan Watson, appointed in Sep 2008, has a tenure of 16.08 years. total yearly compensation is $1.76M, comprised of 23.3% salary and 76.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.45% of the company’s shares, worth $7.98M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.8 years and 15.5 years respectively.

Key information

Nolan Watson

Chief executive officer

US$1.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage23.3%
CEO tenure16.1yrs
CEO ownership0.5%
Management average tenure5.8yrs
Board average tenure15.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Sandstorm Gold: Our Favorite Gold Play For The Next Rate Cycle

Aug 22

Sandstorm Gold: Potential Additional Upside But First, A Lower Price

May 23

Sandstorm Gold: A Deep Dive Into The Company And Undervaluation

Mar 07

Sandstorm Gold: Irrational Recent Price Decline

Feb 21

Sandstorm Gold: Potential Strong Upside But Not Soon

Jan 25

Sandstorm Gold: Higher Prices Likely Ahead

Nov 09

Sandstorm Gold: Even A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day

Oct 09

Sandstorm Gold: A Solid Quarter But Not Solid Enough

Aug 14

Sandstorm Gold: GEO Production Weakening Sequentially

Jul 10

Sandstorm Gold: The Stock Outperformance Is An Issue

Jun 16

Sandstorm Gold: I'm Pounding The Table

May 30

Sandstorm Gold reports Q4 results

Feb 21

Sandstorm Gold: Time To Accumulate On Weakness Is Here

Jan 13

Sandstorm Gold declares CAD 0.02 dividend

Dec 20

Sandstorm Gold: Too Cheap To Ignore

Dec 06

Sandstorm Gold net income of C$31.7M, revenue of C$39M

Nov 07

Sandstorm Gold: Record Gold Equivalent Production In Q3

Oct 08

Sandstorm Gold declares CAD 0.02 dividend

Sep 29

Sandstorm Gold: Industry-Leading Growth At An Attractive Valuation

Sep 19

Sandstorm Gold: A Hold For The Coming Gold Rush

Sep 12

Sandstorm Gold Is About To Get Bigger

Aug 15

Sandstorm Gold declares CAD 0.02 dividend

Jun 30

Sandstorm Gold: A Streamer On Steroids

Jun 06

Sandstorm Gold: The $1.1 Billion Transactions That Take It To New Heights

May 24

Sandstorm Gold: New Mega-Acquisitions Worth $1.1 Billion

May 03

Sandstorm Gold: Trading At A Premium Valuation After Recent Rally

Apr 12

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Nolan Watson's remuneration changed compared to Sandstorm Gold's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$30m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$22m

Dec 31 2023US$2mUS$408k

US$42m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$15m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$47m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$85m

Dec 31 2022US$3mUS$354k

US$78m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$88m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$63m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$32m

Dec 31 2021US$2mUS$355k

US$28m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$31m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$31m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$29m

Dec 31 2020US$2mUS$342k

US$14m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$9m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$8m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$4m

Dec 31 2019US$2mUS$317k

US$16m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$14m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$10m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$8m

Dec 31 2018US$2mUS$293k

US$6m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$4m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$7m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$4m

Dec 31 2017US$2mUS$303k

US$11m

Compensation vs Market: Nolan's total compensation ($USD1.76M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.53M).

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


CEO

Nolan Watson (44 yo)

16.1yrs

Tenure

US$1,755,775

Compensation

Mr. Nolan Allan Watson, BComm, CA, CFA, F.C.A., FCPA, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (also known as, Sandstorm Resources Ltd.) since September 23, 2008. He serves...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Nolan Watson
Co-Founder16.1yrsUS$1.76m0.45%
$ 8.0m
David Awram
Co-Founderno dataUS$1.34m0.24%
$ 4.2m
Erfan Kazemi-Esfahani
Chief Financial Officer13.2yrsUS$1.13m0.031%
$ 539.5k
Ian Grundy
Executive Vice President of Corporate Developmentno dataUS$1.44mno data
Thomas Bruington
Executive Vice President of Project Evaluation11.8yrsUS$1.34mno data
Ron Ho
Senior Vice President of Finance5.8yrsUS$571.49kno data
Keith Laskowski
Vice President of Geologyno datano datano data
Kim Bergen
Vice President of Capital Markets4.6yrsno datano data
Sarah Ford
VP of Financial Analysis & Sustainabilityless than a yearno datano data
Christine Gregory
Corporate Secretaryno datano datano data
Livia Danila
VP & Corporate Controller4.6yrsno datano data

5.8yrs

Average Tenure

48.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SAND's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Nolan Watson
Co-Founder16.1yrsUS$1.76m0.45%
$ 8.0m
David Awram
Co-Founder17.6yrsUS$1.34m0.24%
$ 4.2m
Andrew Swarthout
Independent Director15.6yrsUS$215.02k0.015%
$ 259.3k
David De Witt
Independent Non-Executive Chairman16.5yrsUS$215.02k0.33%
$ 5.8m
John Philip Budreski
Independent Director15.3yrsUS$215.02k0.015%
$ 263.3k
Mary Little
Independent Director10.3yrsUS$215.02k0.11%
$ 2.0m
Elif Levesque
Non-Independent Director1.3yrsUS$119.48k0.042%
$ 744.4k
Vera Kobalia
Independent Director6.3yrsUS$215.02k0.0017%
$ 29.7k

15.5yrs

Average Tenure

58.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SAND's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 15.5 years average tenure).