Appen's CEO is Ryan Kolln, appointed in Feb 2024, has a tenure of 2.33 years. total yearly compensation is $968.13K, comprised of 62% salary and 38% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.19% of the company’s shares, worth $393.63K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 5.3 years respectively.
Key information
Ryan Kolln
Chief executive officer
US$968.1k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
61.98%
CEO tenure
2.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
2.3yrs
Board average tenure
5.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Ryan Kolln's remuneration changed compared to Appen's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
US$968k
US$600k
-US$22m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$22m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$22m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$21m
Dec 31 2024
US$2m
US$595k
-US$20m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$56m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$93m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$105m
Dec 31 2023
US$789k
US$122k
-US$118m
Compensation vs Market: Ryan's total compensation ($USD968.13K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD1.64M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Ryan's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Ryan Kolln
2.3yrs
Tenure
US$968,127
Compensation
Mr. Ryan Kolln, MBA, B.Eng (Electrical) was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation of Appen Limited from May 2023 until 2023 and served as its Chief Operating Officer from 2023 until February 05,...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ryan Kolln
CEO, MD & Director
2.3yrs
US$968.13k
0.19% $ 393.6k
Justin Miles
Chief Financial Officer
2.3yrs
US$439.57k
0.070% $ 148.8k
Brian Haskett
Senior Vice President of Client management & Operations
no data
no data
no data
Kim Stagg
Chief Product & Technology Officer
3.8yrs
no data
no data
Jaime Frasca
Joint Company Secretary & General Counsel
less than a year
no data
no data
Brian Jenkins
Vice President of Sales
no data
no data
no data
Helen Attia
Chief People Officer
1.6yrs
no data
no data
Roc Tian
Senior VP & GM of China
6.8yrs
no data
no data
Eric de Cavaignac
Chief Transformation Officer & GM of Crowd
2.4yrs
no data
no data
Leanne Ralph
Joint Company Secretary
less than a year
no data
no data
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: APPE.F's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ryan Kolln
CEO, MD & Director
2.3yrs
US$968.13k
0.19% $ 393.6k
Stuart Davis
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.3yrs
US$77.38k
0.033% $ 69.8k
Stephen Hasker
Independent Non-Executive Director
11.2yrs
US$90.27k
0.022% $ 46.0k
Robin Low
Independent Non-Executive Director
11.7yrs
US$90.27k
0.10% $ 215.2k
Lynn Mickleburgh
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.9yrs
US$77.38k
0.056% $ 118.4k
Vanessa Liu
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
6.3yrs
US$77.38k
0.0094% $ 19.9k
5.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Board: APPE.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
2026/06/16 09:53
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/19 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Appen Limited is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.