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Connect Biopharma (CNTB): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$2,507,764CEO Barry Quart · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $4,521,436FY2024
  • $2,507,764FY2025

CEO total pay was $2,507,764 in fiscal 2025, down from $4,521,436 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $660,800 · bonus $0 · stock awards $0 · option awards $1,527,540

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Connect Biopharma Holdings in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Barry Quart (Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Connect Biopharma Holdings in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $2,507,764.

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
Barry Quart$660,800$0$0$1,527,540$308,924$0$10,500$2,507,764
Chief Executive Officer
David Szekeres508,40000872,880216,070010,5001,607,850
President
Lisa Peraza414,62000583,661146,006010,5001,154,787
Senior Vice President, Finance

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
Barry Quart$2,507,764$4,521,436—↓ −2,013,672
David Szekeres1,607,8503,149,075—↓ −1,541,225
Lisa Peraza1,154,787608,652—↑ +546,135

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 policy—
Anti-hedging—
Anti-pledging—
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Lisa PerazaOPTION2025-07-07——40,000——
Lisa PerazaOPTION2025-12-26——250,000——
Barry QuartOPTION2025-12-26——700,000—1,527,540
David SzekeresOPTION2025-12-26——400,000—872,880

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Barry Quart$0$0$1,527,5400.0%
David Szekeres00872,8800.0%

% 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
Lisa PerazaOption40,0001.14—
Lisa PerazaOption41,4890.97—
Lisa PerazaOption250,0002.69—
Lisa PerazaOption266,6671.15—
David SzekeresOption307,0170.97—
Barry QuartOption324,2940.97—
David SzekeresOption400,0002.69—
Barry QuartOption700,0002.69—
David SzekeresOption1,107,8061.77—
Barry QuartOption1,661,7091.77—
Director compensation

No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.

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)15,000 / 12,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline—
Peer group, and who names Connect Biopharma as a peer

Companies that benchmark against CNTB

No companies currently name CNTB as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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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
1Connect Biopharma Holdings2025Barry Quart$660,800$0$1,527,540$308,924$2,507,764

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.

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 (10 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, Barry Quart. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 141. As printed: 2,507,764. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, David Szekeres. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 141. As printed: 1,607,850. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Lisa Peraza. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 141. As printed: 1,154,787. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Lisa Peraza OPTION. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Lisa Peraza OPTION. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Barry Quart OPTION. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Szekeres OPTION. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. 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).
  • Connect Biopharma Holdings (subject), Section 10b CEO total. 10-K, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Connect Biopharma Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 2,507,764. View filing ↗
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