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Bristow (VTOL): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$5,706,605CEO Christopher Bradshaw · source
Say-on-pay support99.3%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers1st pct.Of 4 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $5,092,241FY2023
  • $5,548,829FY2024
  • $5,706,605FY2025

CEO total pay was $5,706,605 in fiscal 2025, up from $5,548,829 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $800,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $3,584,607 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Bristow Group Inc. in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Christopher Bradshaw (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Bristow Group Inc. in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $5,706,605.
How does Bristow Group Inc.'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Christopher Bradshaw's total compensation ranked at the 1st percentile of Bristow Group Inc.'s disclosed peer group.
How did shareholders vote on Bristow Group Inc.'s executive compensation?
As disclosed, 99.3% of shareholders supported Bristow Group Inc.'s executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Bristow Group Inc. spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Bristow Group Inc. reported total board compensation of $1,920,000 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Christopher Bradshaw$800,000$0$3,584,607$0$1,291,200$0$30,798$5,706,605
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer Whalen450,00001,260,1950387,360027,5082,125,063
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
David Stepanek400,0000896,1470344,320027,0381,667,505
Executive Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer
Stuart Stavley415,0000813,5500334,906027,1791,590,635
Chief Operating Officer, Offshore Energy Services
Alan Corbett437,1380693,5450344,574061,0021,536,259
Chief Operating Officer, Government Services
Elizabeth Matthews302,8900756,1350215,4450146,4091,420,879
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Head of Government Affairs, and Corporate Secretary

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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Christopher Bradshaw$5,706,605$5,548,829$5,092,241↑ +157,776
Jennifer Whalen2,125,0631,847,2471,713,296↑ +277,816
David Stepanek1,667,5051,642,1391,661,515↑ +25,366
Stuart Stavley1,590,6351,570,3102,144,410↑ +20,325
Alan Corbett1,536,259—1,454,888—
Elizabeth Matthews1,420,8791,577,562—↓ −156,683

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

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultant—
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging—
Anti-pledging—
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Alan CorbettPSU2025-03-032,7185,436—10,872$185,748
Stuart StavleyPSU2025-03-033,1886,377—12,754305,203
Christopher BradshawPSU2025-03-0314,04728,095—56,1901,344,627
Alan CorbettPSU2025-03-032,7185,436—10,872260,167
Elizabeth MatthewsPSU2025-03-032,9635,927—11,854283,666
Jennifer WhalenPSU2025-03-034,9389,877—19,754472,713
Alan CorbettRSU2025-03-03——7,247—247,630
Christopher BradshawPSU2025-03-0314,04728,095—56,190960,006
Christopher BradshawRSU2025-03-03——37,459—1,279,974
Elizabeth MatthewsPSU2025-03-032,9635,926—11,852202,491
Elizabeth MatthewsRSU2025-03-03——7,901—269,977
Stuart StavleyRSU2025-03-03——8,501—290,479
Stuart StavleyPSU2025-03-033,1886,376—12,752217,868
David StepanekRSU2025-03-03——9,364—319,968
David StepanekPSU2025-03-033,5127,024—14,048240,010
David StepanekPSU2025-03-033,5127,024—14,048336,169
Jennifer WhalenRSU2025-03-03——13,169—449,985
Jennifer WhalenPSU2025-03-034,9389,877—19,754337,497

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Alan Corbett$247,630$445,915$064.3%
Stuart Stavley290,479523,071064.3%
Christopher Bradshaw1,279,9742,304,633064.3%
Elizabeth Matthews269,977486,157064.3%
Jennifer Whalen449,985810,210064.3%
David Stepanek319,968576,179064.3%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Alan CorbettRSU1,339—$49,034
Stuart StavleyRSU1,571—57,530
David StepanekRSU1,730—63,353
Jennifer WhalenRSU2,434—89,133
Alan CorbettPSU2,452—89,792
Stuart StavleyPSU2,834—103,781
David StepanekPSU3,122—114,328
Jennifer WhalenPSU3,514—128,683
Alan CorbettPSU3,626—132,784
Stuart StavleyPSU4,253—155,745
David StepanekPSU4,686—171,601
Alan CorbettRSU6,306—230,926
Alan CorbettRSU6,534—239,275
Jennifer WhalenPSU6,588—241,253
Christopher BradshawRSU6,923—253,520
Alan CorbettRSU7,247—265,385
Alan CorbettRSU7,322—268,132
Stuart StavleyRSU7,557—276,737
Stuart StavleyRSU7,762—284,244
David StepanekRSU8,324—304,825
Jennifer WhalenRSU8,418—308,267
Stuart StavleyRSU8,471—310,208
Stuart StavleyRSU8,501—311,307
David StepanekRSU8,551—313,138
Alan CorbettRSU9,142—334,780
David StepanekRSU9,331—341,701
David StepanekRSU9,364—342,910
Jennifer WhalenRSU9,365—342,946
Jennifer WhalenRSU10,495—384,327
Alan CorbettPSU10,872—398,133
Stuart StavleyRSU11,255—412,158
Jennifer WhalenRSU12,204—446,910
David StepanekRSU12,398—454,015
Christopher BradshawPSU12,488—457,311
Alan CorbettPSU12,612—461,851
Stuart StavleyPSU12,754—467,051
Jennifer WhalenRSU13,169—482,249
David StepanekPSU14,048—514,438
Alan CorbettPSU14,702—538,387
Stuart StavleyPSU15,526—568,562
Jennifer WhalenPSU16,834—616,461
Stuart StavleyPSU17,002—622,613
David StepanekPSU17,102—626,275
David StepanekPSU18,728—685,819
Christopher BradshawPSU18,740—686,259
Jennifer WhalenPSU19,754—723,391
Stuart StavleyRSU20,000—732,400
Jennifer WhalenPSU21,070—771,583
Christopher BradshawRSU30,782—1,127,237
Christopher BradshawRSU33,296—1,219,300
Christopher BradshawRSU37,327—1,366,915
Christopher BradshawRSU37,459—1,371,749
Christopher BradshawRSU44,634—1,634,497
Christopher BradshawPSU56,190—2,057,678
Christopher BradshawPSU61,566—2,254,547
Christopher BradshawPSU74,912—2,743,277
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
G. Mark MickelsonIndependent$155,000$150,000——$0$305,000
Brian D. TrueloveIndependent · ESG117,500150,000——0267,500
Wesley E. KernIndependent · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Finance112,500150,000——0262,500
Robert J. ManzoIndependent · Audit110,000150,000——0260,000
Lorin L. BrassIndependent · Compensation · ESG102,500150,000——0252,500
Shefali ShahIndependent · Audit90,000150,000——0240,000
General Maryanne Miller, RetIndependent · Compensation · Newly elected87,500150,000———237,500
Christopher PucilloIndependent · Compensation · ESG95,0000——095,000
Christopher S. BradshawEmployee director—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$80,000
Annual equity retainer$150,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline$4

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$870,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,050,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,920,000

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

Peer group, and who names Bristow as a peer

Companies that benchmark against VTOL

7 companies name VTOL as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses VTOL 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 VTOL 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 2025

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

Peer reciprocity

The companies Bristow Group Inc. names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

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
1Oceaneering International, Inc.2025Roderick Larson$910,000$2,027,796$0$4,282,425$7,735,670
2SkyWest, Inc.2025Russell Childs595,0003,055,00002,718,9066,715,152
3Tidewater Inc.2025Quintin Kneen750,0003,892,45801,078,1255,732,208
4Bristow Group Inc.2025Christopher Bradshaw800,0003,584,60701,291,2005,706,605

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
Bristow Group Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Oceaneering International, Inc.124%not disclosedYes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
SkyWest, Inc.not disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30not disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Tidewater Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, 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
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-06-0324,792,284175,14539,33399.3%Passed
20252025-06-0425,392,377588,9962,02197.73%Passed
20242024-06-0524,705,936237,82739,77399.05%Passed
20232023-06-0724,741,198826,3463,90296.77%Passed
20222022-08-0224,661,486745,9284,23297.06%Passed
20212021-08-0324,545,153179,182110,69599.28%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-06-0399.3%a
20252025-06-0497.73%b
20242024-06-0599.05%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (44 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, Christopher Bradshaw. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 5,706,605. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jennifer Whalen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,125,063. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, David Stepanek. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,667,505. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Stuart Stavley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,590,635. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Alan Corbett. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,536,259. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Elizabeth Matthews. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,420,879. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Alan Corbett PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Stuart Stavley PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Christopher Bradshaw PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Alan Corbett PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Elizabeth Matthews PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennifer Whalen PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Alan Corbett RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Christopher Bradshaw PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Christopher Bradshaw RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Elizabeth Matthews PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Elizabeth Matthews RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Stuart Stavley RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Stuart Stavley PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Stepanek RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Stepanek PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Stepanek PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennifer Whalen RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennifer Whalen PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, G. Mark Mickelson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 305,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Brian D. Truelove. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 267,500. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Wesley E. Kern. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 262,500. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robert J. Manzo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 260,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Lorin L. Brass. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 252,500. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Shefali Shah. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, General Maryanne Miller, Ret. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 237,500. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Christopher Pucillo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 95,000. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Christopher S. Bradshaw. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-03. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.3% (votes for as printed: 24,792,284). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-06. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.73% (votes for as printed: 25,392,377). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-07. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.05% (votes for as printed: 24,705,936). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 870,000 + equity 1,050,000 + all other 0 = 1,920,000, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Oceaneering International, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Oceaneering International, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,735,670. View filing ↗
  • SkyWest, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in SkyWest, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,715,152. View filing ↗
  • Tidewater Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Tidewater Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,732,208. View filing ↗
  • Bristow Group Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Bristow Group Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,706,605. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Tidewater Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Tidewater Inc. names Bristow Group Inc. in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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