City Office REIT Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

City Office REIT's CEO is Jamie Farrar, appointed in Apr 2014, has a tenure of 10.75 years. total yearly compensation is $2.38M, comprised of 22.1% salary and 77.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.59% of the company’s shares, worth $3.30M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8.9 years and 9.3 years respectively.

Key information

Jamie Farrar

Chief executive officer

US$2.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage22.1%
CEO tenure10.8yrs
CEO ownership1.6%
Management average tenure8.9yrs
Board average tenure9.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

City Office REIT: Undervalued As Fed Cuts Rates

Dec 16

City Office REIT: The Preferreds Are Still Too Discounted, 8.7% Dividend Yield

Sep 28

City Office REIT: I Will Buy More 9.4% Yielding Preferred Shares

Jul 27

City Office REIT: The 8.4% Dividend Yield Looks Stable

May 13

I Went Heavy On Buying City Office REIT's 9.7% Yielding Preferreds

Mar 03

City Office REIT: Deep Value Or 7.3% Dividend Yield Trap?

Jan 21

City Office REIT: Fortune Favors The Brave

Nov 06

City Office REIT: Exploring The Value Of Preferred Shares

Aug 22

City Office REIT: Opportunity To Capture 9.7% Yield Via Preferred Shares

Jun 26

City Office REIT: I'm Holding Onto My 9.7% Yielding Preferred Shares

Jun 14

City Office REIT Q4 2022 Earnings Preview

Feb 22

City Office REIT: 9.9% Yield And Plenty Of Upside

Jan 10

City Office REIT: The Preferred Shares Now Offer A 9% Yield

Dec 10

City Office REIT Q3 2022 Earnings Preview

Nov 04

City Office REIT declares $0.20 dividend

Sep 15

City Office REIT: A 7% Yielding Small Cap That Could Deliver Big Returns

Sep 09

City Office REIT Q2 2022 Earnings Preview

Aug 03

City Office: Overlooked Value In The Sector Most Vile

Jun 30

City Office REIT: I Like The 7.1% Yielding Preferred Shares

Jun 10

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jamie Farrar's remuneration changed compared to City Office REIT's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$17m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$14m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$11m

Dec 31 2023US$2mUS$525k

-US$10m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$20m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$18m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$14m

Dec 31 2022US$3mUS$475k

US$10m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$455m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$454m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$453m

Dec 31 2021US$3mUS$475k

US$477m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$44m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$46m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$45m

Dec 31 2020US$2mUS$475k

-US$3m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$424k

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$4m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$4m

Dec 31 2019US$2mUS$400k

-US$6m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$15m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$15m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$17m

Dec 31 2018US$2mUS$400k

US$31m

Compensation vs Market: Jamie's total compensation ($USD2.38M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD1.42M).

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


CEO

Jamie Farrar (48 yo)

10.8yrs

Tenure

US$2,378,388

Compensation

Mr. James Thomas Farrar, also known as Jamie, serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director at City Office REIT Inc. since April 2014. He served as a Co-Managing Partner at Clarity Real Estate. He has exp...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Farrar
CEO & Director10.8yrsUS$2.38m1.59%
$ 3.3m
Gregory Tylee
COO & President8.9yrsUS$2.38m1.41%
$ 2.9m
Anthony Maretic
CFO, Secretary & Treasurer10.8yrsUS$1.34m0.52%
$ 1.1m
Stephanie Chung
Senior Vice President of Finance3.3yrsno datano data
Ken Pool
Senior Vice President of Operations3.3yrsno datano data

8.9yrs

Average Tenure

52yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: CIO's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.9 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Farrar
CEO & Director10.8yrsUS$2.38m1.59%
$ 3.3m
Michael Mazan
Independent Director1.9yrsUS$48.75k0.097%
$ 200.9k
John McLernon
Independent Director10.8yrsUS$125.82k0.086%
$ 177.2k
John Sweet
Independent Chairman7.8yrsUS$130.82k0.14%
$ 280.9k
Mark Murski
Independent Director10.8yrsUS$123.32k0.080%
$ 165.0k
Sabah Mirza
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$123.32k0.031%
$ 64.4k

9.3yrs

Average Tenure

52.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: CIO's board of directors are considered experienced (9.3 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/19 10:44
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

City Office REIT, Inc. is covered by 16 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Merrill RossBoenning & Scattergood, Inc.
Craig KuceraB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Barry OxfordColliers Securities