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Kaiser Aluminum (ALUM): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$7,914,836CEO Keith Harvey · source
CEO vs. named peers33rd pct.Of 22 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $6,207,860FY2023
  • $6,628,487FY2024
  • $7,914,836FY2025

CEO total pay was $7,914,836 in fiscal 2025, up from $6,628,487 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,000,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $4,212,188 · option awards $0

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Kaiser Aluminum Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Keith Harvey (President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Kaiser Aluminum Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $7,914,836.
How does Kaiser Aluminum Corp's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Keith Harvey's total compensation ranked at the 33rd percentile of Kaiser Aluminum Corp's disclosed peer group.
How much does Kaiser Aluminum Corp spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Kaiser Aluminum Corp reported total board compensation of $2,713,899 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.

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Keith Harvey$1,000,000$0$4,212,188$0$2,127,500$6,480$568,667$7,914,836
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Donnan558,30001,045,2130792,7255,823267,0612,669,122
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
Neal West574,27501,103,2340792,7250172,2432,642,477
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Robb517,2000834,7540592,0000562,0022,505,957
Senior Vice President
Jason Walsh464,7500690,0200693,7500191,8102,040,330
Former Executive Vice President - Manufacturing (5)
Blain Tiffany478,5750503,1610713,5080152,0791,847,323
Advisor to the CEO; Former Executive Vice President

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
Keith Harvey$7,914,836$6,628,487$6,207,860↑ +1,286,349
John Donnan2,669,1222,132,8682,052,383↑ +536,254
Neal West2,642,4772,174,7102,010,709↑ +467,767
Thomas Robb2,505,957———
Jason Walsh2,040,3301,718,8071,778,456↑ +321,523
Blain Tiffany1,847,3231,424,5161,488,257↑ +422,807

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

Our compensation structure is designed to create alignment between senior management and stockholders by rewarding the achievement of strategic goals that drive operations and enhance stockholder return, while attracting, motivating, and retaining highly experienced executives. The program correlates senior management compensation with actual short- and long-term performance through a mix of fixed and at-risk compensation.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Blain TiffanyRSU2025-03-05——3,261—$225,009
John DonnanPSU2025-03-053,3876,774—13,548577,807
Jason WalshRSU2025-03-05——4,472—308,568
John DonnanRSU2025-03-05——6,774—467,406
Keith HarveyRSU2025-03-05——27,299—1,883,631
Keith HarveyPSU2025-03-0513,64927,299—54,5982,328,557
Thomas RobbRSU2025-03-05——5,410—373,290
Thomas RobbPSU2025-03-052,7055,410—10,820461,464
Blain TiffanyPSU2025-03-051,6303,261—6,522278,152
Jason WalshPSU2025-03-052,2364,472—8,944381,452
Neal WestRSU2025-03-05——7,150—493,350
Neal WestPSU2025-03-053,5757,150—14,300609,884

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Blain Tiffany$225,009$278,152$055.3%
John Donnan467,406577,807055.3%
Jason Walsh308,568381,452055.3%
Keith Harvey1,883,6312,328,557055.3%
Thomas Robb373,290461,464055.3%
Neal West493,350609,884055.3%

% 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
Blain TiffanyRSU2,002—$229,950
Blain TiffanyRSU2,500—287,150
Jason WalshRSU2,500—287,150
Jason WalshRSU2,826—324,594
Blain TiffanyRSU3,261—374,558
Blain TiffanyRSU3,281—376,856
John DonnanRSU4,239—486,892
Jason WalshRSU4,472—513,654
Neal WestRSU4,475—513,999
Jason WalshRSU4,633—532,146
Thomas RobbRSU5,410—621,393
Blain TiffanyPSU6,006—689,849
Blain TiffanyPSU6,522—749,117
Blain TiffanyPSU6,562—753,711
John DonnanRSU6,774—778,062
John DonnanRSU6,949—798,162
Neal WestRSU7,150—821,249
Neal WestRSU7,335—842,498
Jason WalshPSU8,478—973,783
Jason WalshPSU8,944—1,027,308
Thomas RobbRSU9,094—1,044,537
Jason WalshPSU9,266—1,064,293
Thomas RobbPSU10,820—1,242,785
John DonnanPSU12,718—1,460,789
Neal WestPSU13,424—1,541,881
John DonnanPSU13,548—1,556,123
John DonnanPSU13,898—1,596,324
Neal WestPSU14,300—1,642,498
Neal WestPSU14,670—1,684,996
Keith HarveyRSU17,429—2,001,895
Keith HarveyRSU27,299—3,135,563
Keith HarveyRSU27,471—3,155,319
Keith HarveyPSU52,288—6,005,800
Keith HarveyPSU54,598—6,271,126
Keith HarveyPSU54,942—6,310,638
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Kimberly T. GlasIndependent · Audit$155,125$205,746——$5,321$366,192
Michael C. ArnoldIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Executive (Chair) · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)135,000151,333——5,157291,491
Lauralee E. MartinIndependent · Executive · Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Not standing for re-election119,500151,333——5,157275,991
Brett E. WilcoxIndependent · Executive · Audit · Compensation117,000151,333——5,157273,491
Donald J. StebbinsIndependent · Executive · Compensation (Chair)112,500151,333——5,157268,991
Glenda J. MinorIndependent · Audit · Compensation109,500151,333——2,934263,767
David A. FosterIndependent105,000151,333——5,157261,491
Kevin W. WilliamsIndependent105,000151,333——5,157261,491
Richard P. GrimleyIndependent · Compensation105,000151,333——5,157261,490
James D. HoffmanIndependent · Compensation78,750107,486——1,050187,286
Teresa M. SebastianIndependent · Audit · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY00——2,2242,224

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$90,000
Annual equity retainer$140,000
Per board meeting fee$1,500
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)22,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$1,142,375
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,523,896
All other compensation$47,628
Total cost of the board$2,713,899

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

Peer group, and who names Kaiser Aluminum as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ALUM

Each company listed discloses ALUM in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy 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.

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
1Mueller Industries, Inc.2025Gregory Christopher$1,650,000$15,227,100$0$8,250,000$27,562,773
2Ryerson Holding Corporation2025Edward Lehner1,200,00016,127,6000451,50017,857,908
3ITT Inc.2025Luca Savi1,190,38611,073,03302,575,80015,104,378
4The Timken Company2025Lucian Boldea366,66712,004,07101,124,14515,045,651
5Louisiana-Pacific Corporation2025W. Bradley Southern1,196,1549,850,25302,173,02113,523,822
6ATI Inc.2025Kimberly Fields950,00010,051,70002,295,79413,512,737
7Carpenter Technology Corporation2026Tony Thene1,055,3568,250,41802,924,78412,393,230
8Silgan Holdings Inc.2025Adam Greenlee1,155,6609,487,80001,444,57512,229,234
9Woodward, Inc.2025Charles Blankenship, Jr.1,177,8875,898,69602,895,10010,482,876
10Watts Water Technologies, Inc.2025Robert Pagano, Jr.1,173,0006,450,42102,709,00010,423,317
11Greif, Inc.2025Ole Rosgaard1,042,3086,121,85001,964,2119,439,962
12Cabot Corporation2025Sean Keohane1,100,0004,224,8472,274,9251,402,5019,307,883
13Hillenbrand, Inc.2025Kimberly Ryan1,020,0006,646,9370949,7638,767,685
14Commercial Metals Company2025Peter Matt1,084,6165,505,80501,322,5308,022,901
15John Bean Technologies Corporation2025Brian Deck1,065,8105,199,95701,480,5007,966,447
16Kaiser Aluminum Corp2025Keith Harvey1,000,0004,212,18802,127,5007,914,836
17Valmont Industries, Inc.2025Avner Applbaum1,052,0003,961,8171,423,4351,143,2617,762,266
18Kennametal Inc.2026Sanjay Chowbey937,1414,776,510—1,511,4967,356,246
19Trinseo PLC2025Frank Bozich1,050,0004,161,228005,358,983
20Clearwater Paper Corporation2025Arsen Kitch1,000,0003,107,2770937,5005,201,341
21Donaldson Company, Inc.2026Richard Lewis883,4231,568,9001,570,0131,114,9645,195,987
22Worthington Industries, Inc.2026Joseph Hayek784,1352,482,43501,778,7005,192,043

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
Kaiser Aluminum Corpnot disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
ATI Inc.not disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Cabot Corporation90%not disclosedNoMeridian Compensation Partners
Carpenter Technology Corporationnot disclosedPRSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Korn Ferry
Clearwater Paper Corporationnot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedSemler Brossy
Commercial Metals Companynot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
Donaldson Company, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · Option 50not disclosedWTW
Greif, Inc.not disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Hillenbrand, Inc.not disclosedPRSU 67 · RSU 33not disclosedPay Governance LLC
ITT Inc.159%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRPay Governance
John Bean Technologies Corporationnot disclosedPRSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian
Kennametal Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40NoPay Governance
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation135%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoFW Cook
Mueller Industries, Inc.400%PSU 100Nonot disclosed
Ryerson Holding Corporation30%PSU 67 · RSU 33NoCompensation Advisory Partners (CAP)
Silgan Holdings Inc.125%RSU 100not disclosednot disclosed
The Timken Company81.8%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRWillis Towers Watson
Trinseo PLCnot disclosedPSU 40 · RSU 30 · RCU 30not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Valmont Industries, Inc.94.6%Option 50 · RSU 50NoFW Cook
Watts Water Technologies, Inc.180.6%not disclosedNoPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Woodward, Inc.127%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR) relative to S&P MidCap 400 IndexFW Cook
Worthington Industries, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWTW

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.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (54 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, Keith Harvey. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 64. As printed: 7,914,836. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, John Donnan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 64. As printed: 2,669,122. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Neal West. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 64. As printed: 2,642,477. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Thomas Robb. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 64. As printed: 2,505,957. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jason Walsh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 64. As printed: 2,040,330. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Blain Tiffany. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 64. As printed: 1,847,323. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Blain Tiffany RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, John Donnan PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jason Walsh RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, John Donnan RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Keith Harvey RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Keith Harvey PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Robb RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Robb PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Blain Tiffany PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jason Walsh PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Neal West RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Neal West PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kimberly T. Glas. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 366,192. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Michael C. Arnold. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 291,491. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Lauralee E. Martin. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 275,991. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Brett E. Wilcox. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 273,491. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Donald J. Stebbins. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 268,991. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Glenda J. Minor. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 263,767. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David A. Foster. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 261,491. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kevin W. Williams. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 261,491. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Richard P. Grimley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 261,490. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James D. Hoffman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 187,286. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Teresa M. Sebastian. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 2,224. 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 1,142,375 + equity 1,523,896 + all other 47,628 = 2,713,899, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Mueller Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Mueller Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 27,562,773. View filing ↗
  • Ryerson Holding Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-18. CEO total compensation as printed in Ryerson Holding Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 17,857,908. View filing ↗
  • ITT Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-03. CEO total compensation as printed in ITT Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,104,378. View filing ↗
  • The Timken Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in The Timken Company's own proxy. As printed: 15,045,651. View filing ↗
  • Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 13,523,822. View filing ↗
  • ATI Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-24. CEO total compensation as printed in ATI Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 13,512,737. View filing ↗
  • Carpenter Technology Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Carpenter Technology Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 12,393,230. View filing ↗
  • Silgan Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Silgan Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,229,234. View filing ↗
  • Woodward, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Woodward, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,482,876. View filing ↗
  • Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Watts Water Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 10,423,317. View filing ↗
  • Greif, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Greif, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,439,962. View filing ↗
  • Cabot Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Cabot Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 9,307,883. View filing ↗
  • Hillenbrand, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. 10-K/A, filed 2026-01-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Hillenbrand, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,767,685. View filing ↗
  • Commercial Metals Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-11-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Commercial Metals Company's own proxy. As printed: 8,022,901. View filing ↗
  • John Bean Technologies Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in John Bean Technologies Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,966,447. View filing ↗
  • Kaiser Aluminum Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Kaiser Aluminum Corp's own proxy. As printed: 7,914,836. View filing ↗
  • Valmont Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Valmont Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,762,266. View filing ↗
  • Kennametal Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-14. CEO total compensation as printed in Kennametal Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,356,246. View filing ↗
  • Trinseo PLC, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Trinseo PLC's own proxy. As printed: 5,358,983. View filing ↗
  • Clearwater Paper Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Clearwater Paper Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 5,201,341. View filing ↗
  • Donaldson Company, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Donaldson Company, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,195,987. View filing ↗
  • Worthington Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Worthington Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,192,043. View filing ↗
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