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Weatherford International (WFRD): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$13,022,298CEO Girishchandra Saligram · source
Say-on-pay support99.22%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers70th pct.Of 10 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio278:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $11,200,810FY2023
  • $14,778,004FY2024
  • $13,022,298FY2025

CEO total pay was $13,022,298 in fiscal 2025, down from $14,778,004 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,254,808 · stock awards $9,969,035 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Weatherford International plc in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Girishchandra Saligram (President, Chief Executive Officer and Director) was the highest-paid executive at Weatherford International plc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $13,022,298.
How does Weatherford International plc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Girishchandra Saligram's total compensation ranked at the 70th percentile of Weatherford International plc's disclosed peer group.
What is Weatherford International plc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Weatherford International plc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 278:1.
How did shareholders vote on Weatherford International plc's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 99.22% of shareholders supported Weatherford International plc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Weatherford International plc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Weatherford International plc reported total board compensation of $2,078,877 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
Girishchandra Saligram$1,254,808—$9,969,035$0$1,735,296$0$63,159$13,022,298
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Arunava Mitra177,750—1,992,1740001,303,3833,473,307
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Anuj Dhruv401,192—2,635,0020344,223014,2683,394,685
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Scott Weatherholt513,288—1,553,4130454,373044,3062,565,380
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Richard Ward513,288—1,459,5130410,201044,7282,427,730
Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations
Todd Glance137,250—705,365000953,4031,796,018
Former Executive Vice President of Customer Delivery
Desmond Mills431,162—561,8830272,583027,6001,293,228
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting 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 officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Girishchandra Saligram$13,022,298$14,778,004$11,200,810↓ −1,755,706
Arunava Mitra3,473,3073,670,0473,473,307↓ −196,740
Anuj Dhruv3,394,685———
Scott Weatherholt2,565,3803,013,7732,565,380↓ −448,393
Richard Ward2,427,7302,525,4892,427,730↓ −97,759
Todd Glance1,796,018—1,796,018—
Desmond Mills1,293,2281,649,8101,293,228↓ −356,582

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

Weatherford's compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain key talent while reflecting pay-for-performance by aligning executive interests with shareholders through performance-based compensation. The program emphasizes absolute and relative financial results, promotes long-term value creation, and ensures line-of-sight toward key performance measures indicative of profitability and shareholder value.

CEO STI target (% of salary)135%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantLB&Co.
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Girishchandra SaligramPSU—68,806137,612—275,224$7,395,269
Scott WeatherholtPSU—8,52117,043—34,086915,891
Arunava MitraPSU—10,92921,857—43,7141,174,595
Todd GlancePSU—3,8697,739—15,478415,894
Arunava MitraRSU———14,571—817,579
Scott WeatherholtRSU———11,362—637,522
Richard WardRSU———10,675—598,974
Richard WardPSU—8,00616,013—32,026860,539
Desmond MillsRSU———5,115—287,003
Anuj DhruvRSU———22,496—996,348
Desmond MillsPSU—2,5575,115—10,230274,880
Girishchandra SaligramRSU———45,870—2,573,766
Todd GlanceRSU———5,159—289,471
Anuj DhruvPSU—13,91227,825—55,6501,110,496
Anuj DhruvRSU———11,925—528,158

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Girishchandra Saligram$2,573,766$7,395,269$074.2%
Scott Weatherholt637,522915,891059.0%
Arunava Mitra817,5791,174,595059.0%
Todd Glance289,471415,894059.0%
Richard Ward598,974860,539059.0%
Desmond Mills287,003274,880048.9%
Anuj Dhruv1,524,5061,110,496042.1%

% 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
Desmond MillsRSU1,367—$109,032
Desmond MillsPSU1,430—114,057
Desmond MillsRSU1,906—152,023
Desmond MillsRSU2,724—217,266
Scott WeatherholtRSU3,542—282,510
Richard WardRSU3,631—289,609
Richard WardPSU4,086—325,899
Scott WeatherholtRSU4,503—359,159
Scott WeatherholtPSU5,067—404,144
Desmond MillsRSU5,115—404,136
Desmond MillsPSU5,115—404,136
Richard WardRSU10,675—843,432
Scott WeatherholtRSU11,362—897,712
Anuj DhruvRSU11,925—942,194
Girishchandra SaligramRSU12,862—1,025,873
Richard WardPSU16,013—1,265,187
Scott WeatherholtPSU17,043—1,346,567
Girishchandra SaligramRSU19,067—1,520,784
Anuj DhruvRSU22,496—1,777,409
Anuj DhruvPSU27,825—2,198,453
Girishchandra SaligramPSU33,370—2,661,591
Girishchandra SaligramRSU45,870—3,624,189
Girishchandra SaligramPSU137,612—10,872,724
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Charles M. SledgeIndependent · Board Chair · Chairperson of the Board · Audit (Chair) · Safety, Environment and Sustainability$174,000$374,085$0—$0$548,085
Benjamin C. Duster IVIndependent · Audit · Compensation and Human Resources (Chair) · Nominating and Governance131,500256,1980—0387,698
Jacqueline C. MutschlerIndependent · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Governance · Safety, Environment and Sustainability (Chair)129,000256,1980—0385,198
Neal P. GoldmanIndependent · Audit (Vice Chair) · Compensation and Human Resources · Nominating and Governance (Chair)129,000256,1980—0385,198
Steven BeringhauseIndependent · Compensation and Human Resources · Safety, Environment and Sustainability116,500256,1980—0372,698

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$100,000
Annual equity retainer$220,000
Per board meeting fee$1,500
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$680,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,398,877
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$2,078,877

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

Peer group, and who names Weatherford International as a peer

Companies that benchmark against WFRD

16 companies name WFRD as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses WFRD 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 WFRD 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 Weatherford International plc 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
1Nabors Industries Ltd.2025Anthony Petrello$1,750,000$5,352,354$0$2,049,275$29,636,103
2TechnipFMC plc2025Douglas Pferdehirt1,450,00012,361,64003,501,75017,816,188
3Halliburton Company2025Jeffrey Miller1,700,0007,992,78205,944,83616,525,407
4Weatherford International plc2025Girishchandra Saligram1,254,8089,969,03501,735,29613,022,298
5NOV Inc.2025Clay Williams1,000,0009,576,940899,2081,129,49212,713,187
6Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.2025William Hendricks1,300,0008,497,99102,264,33012,077,321
7Flowserve Corporation2025R. Scott Rowe1,236,5387,245,11401,901,25010,914,232
8Transocean Ltd.2025Keelan Adamson933,3335,771,95701,820,0008,793,715
9ChampionX Corporation2024Sivasankaran Somasundaram954,2315,486,640—1,365,7457,830,131
10Oceaneering International, Inc.2025Roderick Larson910,0002,027,79604,282,4257,735,670
11Liberty Energy Inc.2025Ron Gusek591,2822,943,85501,057,7184,793,487

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
Weatherford International plc92.3%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoLB&Co.
ChampionX Corporationnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedFrederick W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Flowserve Corporation117%not disclosedYes — relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)F.W. Cook
Halliburton Companynot disclosednot disclosedYes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR)not disclosed
Liberty Energy Inc.not disclosednot disclosedNoCBIZ Inc.
Nabors Industries Ltd.not disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Pay Governance
NOV Inc.87%PSU 50 · RSU 40 · Options 10Yes — TSR (total shareholder return) goalMeridian Compensation Partners
Oceaneering International, Inc.124%not disclosedYes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Pay Governance LLC
TechnipFMC plcnot disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30Yes — Relative TSRPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Transocean Ltd.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50NoPay Governance 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
20262026-06-1164,080,857506,631171,28599.22%Passed
20252025-06-1162,993,5861,113,76754,45798.26%Passed
20242024-06-1267,260,084604,75648,62699.11%Passed
20232023-06-1556,549,429780,4801,236,74098.64%Passed
20222022-06-0250,304,3727,526,423522,52186.99%Passed
20202020-06-1254,332,2619,515,153521,31385.1%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
20262026-06-1199.22%a
20252025-06-1198.26%b
20242024-06-1299.11%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Generally, abstentions and broker "non-votes" will not affect the voting results for any of the proposals under Irish law or the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market ("Nasdaq").”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions and broker "non-votes" will not affect the voting results for this proposal.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Generally, abstentions and broker "non-votes" will not affect the voting results for any proposal under Irish law or Nasdaq rules.”.

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.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)278 : 1
CEO total compensation$13,022,298
Median employee compensation$46,831
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (53 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, Girishchandra Saligram. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 13,022,298. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Arunava Mitra. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 3,473,307. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Anuj Dhruv. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 3,394,685. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Scott Weatherholt. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 2,565,380. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Richard Ward. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 2,427,730. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Todd Glance. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,796,018. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Desmond Mills. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 49. As printed: 1,293,228. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Girishchandra Saligram PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Weatherholt PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Arunava Mitra PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Todd Glance PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Arunava Mitra RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Weatherholt RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Richard Ward RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Richard Ward PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Desmond Mills RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Anuj Dhruv RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Desmond Mills PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Girishchandra Saligram RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Todd Glance RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Anuj Dhruv PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Anuj Dhruv RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 278 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Charles M. Sledge. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 548,085. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Benjamin C. Duster IV. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 387,698. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jacqueline C. Mutschler. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 385,198. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Neal P. Goldman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 385,198. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Steven Beringhause. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 372,698. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-11. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.22% (votes for as printed: 64,080,857). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-13. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.26% (votes for as printed: 62,993,586). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-06-14. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 99.11% (votes for as printed: 67,260,084). 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 680,000 + equity 1,398,877 + all other 0 = 2,078,877, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Nabors Industries Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Nabors Industries Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,636,103. View filing ↗
  • TechnipFMC plc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-19. CEO total compensation as printed in TechnipFMC plc's own proxy. As printed: 17,816,188. View filing ↗
  • Halliburton Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Halliburton Company's own proxy. As printed: 16,525,407. View filing ↗
  • Weatherford International plc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Weatherford International plc's own proxy. As printed: 13,022,298. View filing ↗
  • NOV Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in NOV Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,713,187. View filing ↗
  • Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,077,321. View filing ↗
  • Flowserve Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Flowserve Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 10,914,232. View filing ↗
  • Transocean Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Transocean Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,793,715. View filing ↗
  • ChampionX Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in ChampionX Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,830,131. View filing ↗
  • 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 ↗
  • Liberty Energy Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-05. CEO total compensation as printed in Liberty Energy Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,793,487. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Halliburton Company reciprocity. DEF 14A. Halliburton Company names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, ChampionX Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. ChampionX Corporation names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, NOV Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. NOV Inc. names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Oceaneering International, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Oceaneering International, Inc. names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, TechnipFMC plc reciprocity. DEF 14A. TechnipFMC plc names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Transocean Ltd. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Transocean Ltd. names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Nabors Industries Ltd. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Nabors Industries Ltd. names Weatherford International plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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