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Hexcel Corp /DE/ (HXI): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$7,252,875CEO Thomas Gentile · source
CEO vs. named peers21st pct.Of 14 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $9,595,136FY2024
  • $7,252,875FY2025

CEO total pay was $7,252,875 in fiscal 2025, down from $9,595,136 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,100,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $3,374,961 · option awards $1,685,259

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Hexcel Corp /DE/ in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Thomas Gentile (Chairman, CEO and President) was the highest-paid executive at Hexcel Corp /DE/ in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $7,252,875.
How does Hexcel Corp /DE/'s chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Thomas Gentile's total compensation ranked at the 21st percentile of Hexcel Corp /DE/'s disclosed peer group.
How much does Hexcel Corp /DE/ spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Hexcel Corp /DE/ reported total board compensation of $2,056,458 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
Thomas Gentile$1,100,000$0$3,374,961$1,685,259$923,230$0$169,425$7,252,875
Chairman, CEO and President
Patrick Winterlich683,6350986,207328,802426,4240122,2492,547,317
Former EVP and CFO
Gail Lehman535,3370682,511227,547285,924089,2531,820,572
EVP, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, and Secretary
Thierry Merlot506,8350513,141171,061309,3720133,5321,633,941
Former EVP, Strategy
Gina Fitzsimons430,3610371,162123,744229,856064,7251,219,848
EVP, Chief HR and Communications Officer
Michael Lenz90,6440000013,917104,561
EVP, Interim CFO

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
Thomas Gentile$7,252,875$9,595,136—↓ −2,342,261
Patrick Winterlich2,547,3173,607,8152,575,931↓ −1,060,498
Gail Lehman1,820,5721,893,8821,848,549↓ −73,310
Thierry Merlot1,633,9411,703,9771,589,626↓ −70,036
Gina Fitzsimons1,219,8481,261,8681,168,417↓ −42,020
Michael Lenz104,561———

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

Hexcel's compensation philosophy is to deliver pay for performance, seeking to create sustainable value for stockholders by generating short-term results while making long-term investments. The program aligns executive interests with stockholders by ensuring a significant portion of total target compensation is variable and based on rigorous, challenging performance targets.

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

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Gina FitzsimonsPSU2025-01-271,8433,686—7,372$247,441
Gina FitzsimonsRSU2025-01-27——1,843—123,721
Gina FitzsimonsOPTION2025-01-27——4,710—123,744
Thomas GentilePSU2025-01-2725,13850,275—100,5503,374,961
Thomas GentileOPTION2025-01-27——64,145—1,685,259
Gail LehmanPSU2025-01-273,3896,778—13,556455,007
Gail LehmanRSU2025-01-27——3,389—227,504
Gail LehmanOPTION2025-01-27——8,661—227,547
Thierry MerlotPSU2025-01-272,5485,096—10,192342,094
Thierry MerlotRSU2025-01-27——2,548—171,047
Thierry MerlotOPTION2025-01-27——6,511—171,061
Patrick WinterlichPSU2025-01-274,8979,794—19,588657,471
Patrick WinterlichRSU2025-01-27——4,897—328,736
Patrick WinterlichOPTION2025-01-27——12,515—328,802

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Gina Fitzsimons$123,721$247,441$123,74450.0%
Thomas Gentile03,374,9611,685,25966.7%
Gail Lehman227,504455,007227,54750.0%
Thierry Merlot171,047342,094171,06150.0%
Patrick Winterlich328,736657,471328,80250.0%

% 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
Gina FitzsimonsRSU472—$34,881
Thierry MerlotRSU698—51,582
Gail LehmanRSU968—71,535
Gina FitzsimonsRSU1,125—83,138
Gina FitzsimonsOption1,21268.79—
Patrick WinterlichRSU1,378—101,834
Thierry MerlotOption1,78968.79—
Gina FitzsimonsRSU1,843—136,198
Gail LehmanRSU2,065—152,604
Thierry MerlotRSU2,451—181,129
Gail LehmanOption2,48568.79—
Thierry MerlotRSU2,548—188,297
Patrick WinterlichRSU3,012—222,587
Gina FitzsimonsOption3,09566.77—
Gina FitzsimonsPSU3,376—249,486
Gail LehmanRSU3,389—250,447
Patrick WinterlichOption3,53768.79—
Gina FitzsimonsPSU3,686—272,395
Thierry MerlotOption4,49566.77—
Gina FitzsimonsOption4,71067.13—
Patrick WinterlichRSU4,897—361,888
Thierry MerlotPSU4,903—362,332
Thierry MerlotPSU5,096—376,594
Gail LehmanOption5,68266.77—
Gail LehmanPSU6,197—457,958
Thierry MerlotOption6,51167.13—
Gail LehmanPSU6,778—500,894
Patrick WinterlichOption8,28866.77—
Gail LehmanOption8,66167.13—
Patrick WinterlichPSU9,038—667,908
Patrick WinterlichPSU9,794—723,777
Thomas GentileRSU10,361—765,678
Patrick WinterlichOption12,51567.13—
Thomas GentileOption27,34464.34—
Thomas GentileOption44,07164.34—
Thomas GentilePSU50,175—3,707,933
Thomas GentilePSU50,275—3,715,323
Thomas GentileOption64,14567.13—
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
David H. LiIndependent · Compensation$92,734$186,674———$279,408
Jeffrey C. CampbellIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Nominating, Governance and Sustainability · Not standing for re-election137,549139,974———277,523
Catherine A. SueverIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation115,951139,974———255,925
Cynthia M. EgnotovichIndependent · Audit · Nominating, Governance and Sustainability (Chair)113,000139,974———252,974
Guy C. HacheyIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating, Governance and Sustainability110,500139,974———250,474
James J. CannonIndependent · Compensation95,500139,974———235,474
Nick L. StanageNot independent95,495139,974———235,469
Dr. Patricia A. HubbardIndependent · Nominating, Governance and Sustainability95,392139,974———235,366
Thomas A. GendronIndependent · Not standing for re-election33,8450———33,845

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$88,000
Annual equity retainer$140,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)12,500 / 7,500 / 7,500
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$889,966
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,166,492
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$2,056,458

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

Peer group, and who names Hexcel Corp /DE/ as a peer

Companies that benchmark against HXI

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

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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
1RBC Bearings Incorporated2026Michael Hartnett$1,545,000$16,086,450$0$3,090,000$20,912,354
2ITT Inc.2025Luca Savi1,190,38611,073,03302,575,80015,104,378
3Curtiss-Wright Corporation2025Lynn Bamford1,090,3854,004,00005,139,70014,135,280
4ATI Inc.2025Kimberly Fields950,00010,051,70002,295,79413,512,737
5Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.2024Patrick Shanahan2,000,0008,959,4750011,457,523
6Crane Company2025Max Mitchell1,244,2315,480,7381,562,5061,840,20010,518,852
7Woodward, Inc.2025Charles Blankenship, Jr.1,177,8875,898,69602,895,10010,482,876
8AAR Corp.2026John Holmes1,115,0004,637,8941,159,3102,408,4009,867,963
9Cabot Corporation2025Sean Keohane1,100,0004,224,8472,274,9251,402,5019,307,883
10H.B. Fuller Company2025Celeste Mastin1,082,6922,971,9763,025,5381,339,8918,830,569
11Moog Inc.2025Pat Roche1,087,9323,063,39801,251,6388,404,872
12Hexcel Corp /DE/2025Thomas Gentile1,100,0003,374,9611,685,259923,2307,252,875
13Triumph Group, Inc.2025Daniel Crowley975,0003,412,50401,943,9066,395,522
14Teledyne Technologies Incorporated2025George C. Bobb III816,827601,5461,730,5221,080,9084,255,049
15Barnes Group Inc.2026Jonathan Shar594,23100—795,540

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
Hexcel Corp /DE/not disclosedPSA 50 · NQO 25 · RSU 25not disclosedSemler Brossy
AAR Corp.180%PRSU 60 · Option 20 · RSU 20YesSemler Brossy
ATI Inc.not disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Barnes Group Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Cabot Corporation90%not disclosedNoMeridian Compensation Partners
Crane Company122.7%PSU 55 · Options 25 · RSU 20NoFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Curtiss-Wright Corporationnot disclosedPSU 40 · Cash LTI 30 · RSU 30Yes — Three-year relative TSR against the peer groupFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
H.B. Fuller Companynot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson US LLC
ITT Inc.159%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRPay Governance
Moog Inc.114.0%not disclosedNoKorn Ferry
RBC Bearings Incorporatednot disclosednot disclosedYes — Trailing Five-Year TSR vs. Peer Group Average (future three-year periods ending fiscal 2027+)not disclosed
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.90.81%RSU 50 · PRSU 50Yes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners
Teledyne Technologies Incorporatednot disclosedOptions 33 · Cash LTI 33 · PSU 33NoExequity
Triumph Group, Inc.not disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30not disclosedPay Governance LLC
Woodward, Inc.127%RSU 50 · PSU 50Yes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR) relative to S&P MidCap 400 IndexFW Cook

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 (47 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, Thomas Gentile. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 7,252,875. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Patrick Winterlich. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 2,547,317. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Gail Lehman. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 1,820,572. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Thierry Merlot. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 1,633,941. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Gina Fitzsimons. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 1,219,848. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Michael Lenz. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 50. As printed: 104,561. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gina Fitzsimons PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gina Fitzsimons RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gina Fitzsimons OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Gentile PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Gentile OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gail Lehman PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gail Lehman RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gail Lehman OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thierry Merlot PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thierry Merlot RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thierry Merlot OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patrick Winterlich PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patrick Winterlich RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Patrick Winterlich OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David H. Li. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 279,408. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jeffrey C. Campbell. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 277,523. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Catherine A. Suever. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 255,925. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Cynthia M. Egnotovich. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 252,974. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Guy C. Hachey. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 250,474. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James J. Cannon. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,474. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Nick L. Stanage. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,469. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Dr. Patricia A. Hubbard. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,366. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Thomas A. Gendron. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 33,845. 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 889,966 + equity 1,166,492 + all other 0 = 2,056,458, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • RBC Bearings Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-24. CEO total compensation as printed in RBC Bearings Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 20,912,354. 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 ↗
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Curtiss-Wright Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 14,135,280. 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 ↗
  • Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-04-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,457,523. View filing ↗
  • Crane Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Crane Company's own proxy. As printed: 10,518,852. 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 ↗
  • AAR Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-04. CEO total compensation as printed in AAR Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,867,963. 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 ↗
  • H.B. Fuller Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-04. CEO total compensation as printed in H.B. Fuller Company's own proxy. As printed: 8,830,569. View filing ↗
  • Moog Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Moog Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,404,872. View filing ↗
  • Hexcel Corp /DE/ (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Hexcel Corp /DE/'s own proxy. As printed: 7,252,875. View filing ↗
  • Triumph Group, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. 10-K/A, filed 2025-07-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Triumph Group, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,395,522. View filing ↗
  • Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Teledyne Technologies Incorporated's own proxy. As printed: 4,255,049. View filing ↗
  • Barnes Group Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Barnes Group Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 795,540. View filing ↗
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