DURECT Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

DURECT's CEO is Jim Brown, appointed in Feb 1998, has a tenure of 26.17 years. total yearly compensation is $1.45M, comprised of 40.6% salary and 59.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.77% of the company’s shares, worth $223.94K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.3 years and 5 years respectively.

Key information

Jim Brown

Chief executive officer

US$1.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage40.6%
CEO tenure26.2yrs
CEO ownership0.8%
Management average tenure6.3yrs
Board average tenure5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Brokers Are Upgrading Their Views On DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) With These New Forecasts

Aug 08
Brokers Are Upgrading Their Views On DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) With These New Forecasts

Durect names ex-RBC Capital Markets executive as CFO

Jul 05

Is DURECT (NASDAQ:DRRX) A Risky Investment?

May 12
Is DURECT (NASDAQ:DRRX) A Risky Investment?

DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) Analysts Are More Bearish Than They Used To Be

Mar 14
DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) Analysts Are More Bearish Than They Used To Be

DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) Consensus Forecasts Have Become A Little Darker Since Its Latest Report

Mar 10
DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) Consensus Forecasts Have Become A Little Darker Since Its Latest Report

Does DURECT (NASDAQ:DRRX) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Jan 08
Does DURECT (NASDAQ:DRRX) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Is DURECT (NASDAQ:DRRX) Using Debt Sensibly?

Aug 05
Is DURECT (NASDAQ:DRRX) Using Debt Sensibly?

Durect (DRRX) Investor Presentation - Slideshow

May 06

Durect EPS misses by $0.01, misses on revenue

May 04

DURECT prices ~$43M stock offering

Feb 04

DURECT surges after FDA approval for Posimir

Feb 02

Durect's DUR-928 fast track'd for alcoholic hepatitis in the U.S.

Dec 16

DURECT (DRRX) Investor Presentation - Slideshow

Oct 31

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jim Brown's remuneration changed compared to DURECT's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2023US$1mUS$586k

-US$28m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$37m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$36m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$36m

Dec 31 2022US$2mUS$575k

-US$35m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$32m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$39m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$37m

Dec 31 2021US$1mUS$555k

-US$36m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$38m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$37m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$14m

Dec 31 2020US$1mUS$539k

-US$14m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$11m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$3m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$24m

Dec 31 2019US$1mUS$531k

-US$21m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$24m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$24m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$24m

Dec 31 2018US$1mUS$531k

-US$25m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

-US$10m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$962k

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$4m

Dec 31 2017US$1mUS$531k

-US$4m

Compensation vs Market: Jim's total compensation ($USD1.45M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD673.68K).

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


CEO

Jim Brown (66 yo)

26.2yrs

Tenure

US$1,445,784

Compensation

Dr. James E. Brown, also known as Jim, D.V.M., serves as Life Science Advisor since 2021 at K2X Technology & Life Science, Inc. He Co-founded DURECT Corporation in February 1998 and has been its President...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Brown
Co-Founder26.2yrsUS$1.45m0.77%
$ 223.9k
Timothy Papp
CFO & Secretary1.8yrsUS$671.31k0%
$ 0
Norman Sussman
Chief Medical Officer3.4yrsUS$654.48k0.0029%
$ 838.2
Judy Joice
Senior Vice President of Operations & Corporate Quality Assurance10.1yrsUS$713.55k0%
$ 0
WeiQi Lin
Executive VP of Research & Development and Principal Scientistno datano datano data
Keith Lui
Senior Vice President of Business Development1.6yrsno datano data
Jian Li
Senior VP of Finance23yrsUS$452.77kno data
Su Yum
Executive Officer6.3yrsUS$430.63kno data

6.3yrs

Average Tenure

66yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: DRRX's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Brown
Co-Founder25.8yrsUS$1.45m0.77%
$ 223.9k
Gail Maderis
Independent Chairman of the Board3.3yrsUS$109.74k0.064%
$ 18.6k
Mohammad Azab
Independent Director3.3yrsUS$81.62k0.019%
$ 5.6k
Terrence Blaschke
Independent Director17.3yrsUS$83.12k0.010%
$ 2.9k
Peter Garcia
Independent Director2.3yrsUS$84.73k0.023%
$ 6.5k
Judith Robertson
Independent Director5yrsUS$83.12k0.11%
$ 33.2k
Gail Farfel
Director5yrsUS$70.62k0.032%
$ 9.3k

5.0yrs

Average Tenure

66yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DRRX's board of directors are considered experienced (5 years average tenure).


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