CompBrief BY VELARION

Companies Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.

Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM): executive pay, fiscal 2024

Free brief. Every figure links to the company’s own filing.

Email me Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.’s executive pay brief as a PDF

It arrives in about 2 minutes, with every figure cited to its filing.

After the PDF, up to three short notes on the deeper reports for this company. Reply “unsubscribe” to any of them, any time.

CEO total pay$4,131,290CEO Laurent Fischer · source
CEO vs. named peers63rd pct.Of 21 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio19:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $2,906,639FY2022
  • $1,546,477FY2023
  • $4,131,290FY2024

CEO total pay was $4,131,290 in fiscal 2024, up from $1,546,477 in fiscal 2023.

FY2024: salary $691,795 · bonus $0 · stock awards $171,363 · option awards $2,839,252

Order ADVM

Add the email the receipt and the PDF go to, then press the report you want. Each button opens its own card payment on Stripe.

Receipt, invoice, and report delivery. Guest checkout, no account required, secure payment by Stripe.

Full detail

Every table from the filing. Open any section.

Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Laurent Fischer$691,795$0$171,363$2,839,252$415,080$0$13,800$4,131,290
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kishor Soparkar509,300055,4371,062,124203,720012,5971,843,178
Chief Operating Officer
Linda Rubinstein499,60000892,685199,840013,8001,605,925
Chief Financial Officer
Setareh Seyedkazemi497,500025,190867,631199,00009,1211,598,442
Chief Development Officer
Rabia Ozden281,250150,0000732,503112,022029,3581,305,133
Chief Medical Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2024 totalFY2023 totalFY2022 totalΔ FY2023→2024
Laurent Fischer$4,131,290$1,546,477$2,906,639↑ +2,584,813
Kishor Soparkar1,843,178903,0241,346,784↑ +940,154
Linda Rubinstein1,605,9252,301,333111,888↓ −695,408
Setareh Seyedkazemi1,598,442799,3621,520,756↑ +799,080
Rabia Ozden1,305,133———

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Adverum aligns executive financial interests with stockholders by making a significant portion of compensation variable and tied to the achievement of key financial and strategic performance objectives and stock price performance. The program is designed to attract and retain high-performing leaders, emphasize a pay-for-performance culture without encouraging excessive risk, and support strategic initiatives.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantAon
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2024

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Kishor SoparkarOption582134.4—
Rabia OzdenOption2,66713.5—
Setareh SeyedkazemiOption2,83412.9—
Laurent FischerOption2,840134.4—
Kishor SoparkarOption4,09610.9—
Kishor SoparkarOption4,33412.9—
Setareh SeyedkazemiPSU6,664—31,121
Kishor SoparkarOption7,43812.9—
Laurent FischerOption10,50012.9—
Setareh SeyedkazemiOption11,51117.3—
Setareh SeyedkazemiOption14,0637.5—
Kishor SoparkarPSU14,666—68,490
Laurent FischerOption16,87610.9—
Laurent FischerOption18,37512.9—
Kishor SoparkarOption22,5007.5—
Linda RubinsteinOption35,00019.9—
Setareh SeyedkazemiOption40,00019.9—
Setareh SeyedkazemiOption43,4587.15—
Rabia OzdenOption44,0107.15—
Kishor SoparkarOption45,00019.9—
Laurent FischerPSU45,333—211,705
Linda RubinsteinOption46,04221—
Laurent FischerOption52,3137.5—
Linda RubinsteinOption62,0837.15—
Kishor SoparkarOption64,3947.15—
Rabia OzdenOption85,0007.32—
Laurent FischerOption110,42019.9—
Laurent FischerOption200,0007.15—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Patrick MachadoIndependent · Board Chair · Audit (Chair) · Compensation$102,500—$77,767—$0$180,267
Szilard KissNot independent26,224—120,669—33,150180,043
James ScopaIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair)65,000—59,197—0124,197
Scott WhitcupIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Research and Development60,000—59,197—0119,197
Dawn SvoronosIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)60,000—59,197—0119,197
Mark LupherIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance · Research and Development52,500—59,197—0111,697
Reed TucksonIndependent · Compensation · Nominating and Corporate Governance52,500—59,197—0111,697
C. David NicholsonIndependent · Research and Development47,500—59,197—0106,697
Soo HongIndependent · Compensation47,500—59,197—0106,697
Laurent FischerEmployee director—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer—
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2024
Cash retainers and fees$513,724
Equity awards (grant-date value)$0
All other compensation$33,150
Total cost of the board$546,874

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Adverum Biotechnologies as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ADVM

5 companies name ADVM as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses ADVM in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named ADVM in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2024

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer’s own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer’s filing. A dash means the peer’s current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc..

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Ocular Therapeutics2025Pravin Dugel$819,200$18,608,000$15,567,000$0$35,946,958
2MeiraGTx2025Alexandria Forbes840,0005,823,500——8,330,006
3RAPT Therapeutics2024Brian Wong630,00005,927,297416,0006,979,539
4Allakos2023Robert Alexander805,4602,171,3402,623,519684,6416,299,426
5EyePoint Pharmaceuticals2025Jay Duker696,2511,610,7002,604,113632,7005,568,352
6Solid Biosciences2025Alexander Cumbo650,9882,318,2751,792,39705,223,442
7CytomX Therapeutics2025Sean McCarthy675,2901,150,4632,158,170749,5724,738,495
8Aldeyra Therapeutics2025Todd Brady700,00003,801,379189,0004,704,179
9Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.2024Laurent Fischer691,795171,3632,839,252415,0804,131,290
10Taysha Gene Therapies2025Sean Nolan645,8401,651,1251,258,425542,5064,099,065
11Nkarta2025Paul Hastings674,384236,2501,711,957344,9472,978,038
12Allovir2025Andrew Oxtoby537,73301,687,076344,3062,569,115
13Voyager Therapeutics2025Alfred Sandrock674,903611,900843,900361,9172,508,370
14Kodiak Sciences2025Victor Perlroth792,4970923,032772,8242,499,221
15Assembly Biosciences2025Jason Okazaki647,500661,671573,574585,0002,482,987
16Lineage Cell Therapeutics2025Brian Culley691,8000882,970518,9002,111,170
174D Molecular Therapeutics2025David Kirn667,2520822,750560,5972,051,343
18Alector2025Arnon Rosenthal678,100422,876558,216325,4881,995,018
19Tenaya Therapeutics2025Faraz Ali664,173141,924755,507319,2751,881,396
20Generation Bio Co.2024Geoff McDonough655,3010790,358360,4161,808,274
21Syros Pharmaceuticals2023Conley Chee479,092369,4600192,4551,041,697
22Ovid Therapeutics2025Margaret Alexander515,00024,806118,466350,0001,022,272

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
4D Molecular Therapeutics140%Options 100not disclosedRadford (part of the Rewards Solutions practice at Aon plc)
Aldeyra Therapeuticsnot disclosedOption 100not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Alector80%not disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Allakosnot disclosedOptions 55 · RSU 45NoCompensia
Allovirnot disclosedOption 100not disclosedAon plc
Assembly Biosciencesnot disclosedOptions 100NoAlpine Rewards, LLC
CytomX Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
EyePoint Pharmaceuticalsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
Generation Bio Co.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedCompensia
Kodiak Sciences150%Options 100not disclosedCompensia, Inc.
Lineage Cell Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAnderson
MeiraGTxnot disclosedRSU 100not disclosedTotal Compensation Solutions
Nkartanot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon Consulting, Inc.
Ocular Therapeutics145%not disclosedNoAon
Ovid Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAlpine Rewards, LLP
RAPT Therapeutics120%Option 100not disclosedAon plc/Radford
Solid Biosciences100%not disclosedNoRadford (AON Hewitt)
Syros Pharmaceuticalsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedCompensia Inc.
Taysha Gene Therapiesnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedAon
Tenaya Therapeuticsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer
Voyager Therapeutics97.5%not disclosedNoAlpine Rewards, LLC

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)19 : 1
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation$212,303
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (50 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Laurent Fischer. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 4,131,290. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kishor Soparkar. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,843,178. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Linda Rubinstein. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,605,925. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Setareh Seyedkazemi. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,598,442. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Rabia Ozden. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,305,133. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 19 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Patrick Machado. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 180,267. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Szilard Kiss. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 180,043. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James Scopa. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 124,197. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Scott Whitcup. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 119,197. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dawn Svoronos. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 119,197. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Mark Lupher. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 111,697. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Reed Tuckson. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 111,697. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, C. David Nicholson. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 106,697. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Soo Hong. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 106,697. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Laurent Fischer. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 513,724 + equity 0 + all other 33,150 = 546,874, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Ocular Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Ocular Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 35,946,958. View filing ↗
  • MeiraGTx, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in MeiraGTx's own proxy. As printed: 8,330,006. View filing ↗
  • RAPT Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-14. CEO total compensation as printed in RAPT Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 6,979,539. View filing ↗
  • Allakos, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2024-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Allakos's own proxy. As printed: 6,299,426. View filing ↗
  • EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in EyePoint Pharmaceuticals's own proxy. As printed: 5,568,352. View filing ↗
  • Solid Biosciences, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Solid Biosciences's own proxy. As printed: 5,223,442. View filing ↗
  • CytomX Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in CytomX Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 4,738,495. View filing ↗
  • Aldeyra Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Aldeyra Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 4,704,179. View filing ↗
  • Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,131,290. View filing ↗
  • Taysha Gene Therapies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Taysha Gene Therapies's own proxy. As printed: 4,099,065. View filing ↗
  • Nkarta, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Nkarta's own proxy. As printed: 2,978,038. View filing ↗
  • Allovir, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Allovir's own proxy. As printed: 2,569,115. View filing ↗
  • Voyager Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Voyager Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 2,508,370. View filing ↗
  • Kodiak Sciences, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Kodiak Sciences's own proxy. As printed: 2,499,221. View filing ↗
  • Assembly Biosciences, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Assembly Biosciences's own proxy. As printed: 2,482,987. View filing ↗
  • Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in Lineage Cell Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 2,111,170. View filing ↗
  • 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in 4D Molecular Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 2,051,343. View filing ↗
  • Alector, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Alector's own proxy. As printed: 1,995,018. View filing ↗
  • Tenaya Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Tenaya Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 1,881,396. View filing ↗
  • Generation Bio Co., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Generation Bio Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,808,274. View filing ↗
  • Syros Pharmaceuticals, Section 10b CEO total. 10-K, filed 2024-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Syros Pharmaceuticals's own proxy. As printed: 1,041,697. View filing ↗
  • Ovid Therapeutics, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Ovid Therapeutics's own proxy. As printed: 1,022,272. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Generation Bio Co. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Generation Bio Co.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ocular Therapeutics reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ocular Therapeutics's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Alector reciprocity. DEF 14A. Alector's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Assembly Biosciences reciprocity. DEF 14A. Assembly Biosciences names Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Allakos reciprocity. DEF 14A. Allakos's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Kodiak Sciences reciprocity. DEF 14A. Kodiak Sciences's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Lineage Cell Therapeutics reciprocity. DEF 14A. Lineage Cell Therapeutics names Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Voyager Therapeutics reciprocity. DEF 14A. Voyager Therapeutics names Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, MeiraGTx reciprocity. DEF 14A. MeiraGTx names Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, CytomX Therapeutics reciprocity. DEF 14A. CytomX Therapeutics's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.. View filing ↗
Get the full report — $1,500