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Ingevity (INGV): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$1,065,486CEO Luis Fernandez-Moreno · source
CEO vs. named peers1st pct.Of 17 peer CEOs

CEO pay, last three years

  • $2,035,442FY2024
  • $1,065,486FY2025

CEO total pay was $1,065,486 in fiscal 2025, down from $2,035,442 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $789,041 · stock awards $135,017

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Ingevity Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, David Li (President & Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Ingevity Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $12,839,719.
How does Ingevity Corp's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Luis Fernandez-Moreno's total compensation ranked at the 1st percentile of Ingevity Corp's disclosed peer group.
How much does Ingevity Corp spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Ingevity Corp reported total board compensation of $2,193,903 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
David Li$810,685—$8,500,086$2,000,007$1,293,600—$235,341$12,839,719
President & Chief Executive Officer
S. Edward Woodcock491,517—739,607——-52,7831,532,7092,711,050
EVP & President, Performance Materials
Mary Hall527,734—1,058,822—325,100—81,4871,993,143
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Richard White472,628—710,729—356,190—61,6161,601,163
SVP & President, Performance Chemicals
Ryan Fisher425,622—449,429—260,5105,17879,5071,220,246
SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Terry Dyer418,301—441,046—230,920—100,6601,190,927
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer
Luis Fernandez-Moreno789,041—135,017———141,4281,065,486
Interim President & Chief Executive 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
David Li$12,839,719———
S. Edward Woodcock2,711,0501,769,4451,563,167↑ +941,605
Mary Hall1,993,1432,055,6111,678,795↓ −62,468
Richard White1,601,1631,435,3192,265,725↑ +165,844
Ryan Fisher1,220,2461,016,990—↑ +203,256
Terry Dyer1,190,927———
Luis Fernandez-Moreno1,065,4862,035,442—↓ −969,956

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

Ingevity’s executive compensation program reflects a 'pay-for-performance' philosophy, directly linking compensation to business plans and individual performance through short- and long-term incentive programs based on key financial objectives. The program is designed to attract, motivate, and retain highly talented executives while aligning their interests with stockholders by providing a significant portion of compensation in equity-based incentives focused on long-term value creation.

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

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Terry DyerPSU2025-04-071,7386,950—13,900$220,524
Terry DyerRSU2025-02-28——4,627—220,523
Luis Fernandez-MorenoRSU2025-05-01——4,057—135,017
Ryan FisherPSU2025-04-071,7717,082—14,164224,712
Ryan FisherRSU2025-02-28——4,715—224,717
Mary HallPSU2025-04-074,17116,685—33,370529,415
Mary HallRSU2025-02-28——11,108—529,407
David LiPSU2025-04-0737,426149,703—299,4064,750,076
David LiRSU2025-04-07——118,185—3,750,010
David LiOPTION2025-04-07——123,229—2,000,007
Richard WhitePSU2025-04-072,80011,200—22,400355,376
Richard WhiteRSU2025-02-28——7,456—355,353
S. Edward WoodcockPSU2025-04-072,91411,655—23,310369,813
S. Edward WoodcockRSU2025-02-28——7,759—369,794

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Terry Dyer$220,523$220,524$050.0%
Luis Fernandez-Moreno135,017000.0%
Ryan Fisher224,717224,712050.0%
Mary Hall529,407529,415050.0%
David Li3,750,0104,750,0762,000,00745.2%
Richard White355,353355,376050.0%
S. Edward Woodcock369,794369,813050.0%

% 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
Ryan FisherRSU400—$23,672
Ryan FisherRSU775—45,865
Ryan FisherPSU800—47,344
Richard WhiteRSU1,115—65,986
Ryan FisherRSU1,418—83,917
Ryan FisherPSU1,458—86,284
Mary HallRSU1,647—97,469
Ryan FisherPSU1,744—103,210
Ryan FisherRSU1,891—111,909
S. Edward WoodcockPSU4,029—238,436
MorenoRSU4,057—240,093
S. Edward WoodcockPSU4,198—248,438
Terry DyerRSU4,627—273,826
Ryan FisherRSU4,715—279,034
Richard WhitePSU5,015—296,788
Richard WhiteRSU5,490—324,898
Terry DyerPSU6,950—411,301
Ryan FisherPSU7,082—419,113
Mary HallPSU7,413—438,701
Richard WhiteRSU7,456—441,246
Mary HallRSU8,472—501,373
Richard WhitePSU9,146—541,260
Mary HallRSU11,108—657,371
Richard WhitePSU11,200—662,816
Mary HallPSU13,519—800,054
Mary HallPSU16,685—987,418
David LiRSU118,185—6,994,188
David LiOption123,22931.73—
David LiPSU149,703—8,859,424
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Bruce D. HoechnerIndependent · Board Chair · Nominating & Governance · Talent & Compensation$176,250$135,017——$0$311,267
Jean S. BlackwellIndependent · Executive · Compensation · Nominating/Governance140,000135,017——0275,017
Karen G. NarwoldIndependent · Sustainability & Safety (Chair) · Executive · Audit105,000135,017——0240,017
Diane H. GulyasIndependent · Talent & Compensation (Chair) · Nominating & Governance · Executive105,000135,017——0240,017
J. Kevin WillisIndependent · Sustainability & Safety · Executive · Audit (Chair)105,000135,017——0240,017
Daniel F. SansoneIndependent · Sustainability & Safety · Executive · Compensation · Audit100,000135,017——0235,017
Frederick J. LynchIndependent · Compensation · Audit90,000135,017——0225,017
Benjamin G. (Shon) WrightIndependent · Sustainability & Safety · Audit90,000135,017——0225,017
F. David SegalIndependent · Sustainability & Safety · Audit67,500135,017——0202,517

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$105,000
Annual equity retainer$135,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guidelinethe Company’s share ownership guidelines, including share ownership levels, retention practices, and prohibitions on hedging and other derivative transactions related to Ingevity stock;

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$978,750
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,215,153
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$2,193,903

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

Peer group, and who names Ingevity as a peer

Companies that benchmark against INGV

No companies currently name INGV 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
1Element Solutions Inc2025Benjamin H. Gliklich$1,087,500$23,688,894$0$1,520,947$26,480,462
2Cabot Corp.2025Sean Keohane1,100,0004,224,8472,274,9251,402,5019,307,883
3H.B. Fuller Co.2025Celeste Mastin1,082,6922,971,9763,025,5381,339,8918,830,569
4Sensient Technologies Corp.2025Paul Manning1,080,0004,750,07601,842,0648,665,993
5Tronox Holdings2025John Romano1,100,0005,658,66101,052,4808,254,510
6Innospec Inc.2025Patrick Williams1,380,5485,285,62301,365,3368,252,747
7Ashland Inc.2025Guillermo Novo1,152,3325,233,86301,313,8307,907,423
8Balchem Corp.2025Ted Harris1,198,2693,150,8861,050,3852,439,1547,894,874
9Minerals Technologies Inc.2025Douglas Dietrich1,050,0002,310,022768,8032,891,1607,405,693
10Hexcel Corp.2025Thomas Gentile III1,100,0003,374,9611,685,259923,2307,252,875
11Koppers Holdings Inc.2025Leroy Ball975,0005,145,824006,358,244
12Avient Corp.2025Ashish Khandpur1,128,2693,763,1590753,7775,818,257
13AdvanSix Inc.2025Erin Kane1,019,7003,747,9000785,4005,647,438
14Ecovyst Inc.2025Kurt Bitting750,0003,347,7520804,0004,992,440
15Stepan Co.2025Luis Rojo940,0002,279,746800,003230,3004,327,042
16Quaker Chemical Corp.2025Joseph Berquist800,0002,420,3190461,8403,709,451
17Mativ Holdings, Inc.2025Shruti Singhal1,061,0772,131,441003,256,333
18Ingevity Corp2025Luis Fernandez-Moreno789,041135,017——1,065,486

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
Ingevity Corpnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
AdvanSix Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosednot disclosed
Ashland Inc.90.4%not disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR)Meridian Compensation Partners
Avient Corp.51.6%not disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Balchem Corp.not disclosedPSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25not disclosedPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Cabot Corp.90%not disclosedNoMeridian Compensation Partners
Ecovyst Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Element Solutions Inc126%PRSU 67 · RSU 33NoFW Cook
H.B. Fuller Co.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson US LLC
Hexcel Corp.76.3%not disclosedNoSemler Brossy
Innospec Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Koppers Holdings Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Mativ Holdings, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Minerals Technologies Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
Quaker Chemical Corp.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
Sensient Technologies Corp.not disclosedPSU 60 · Restricted Stock 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Stepan Co.not disclosedRSU 50 · SAR 25 · PSU 25not disclosedExequity LLP
Tronox Holdingsnot disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co. (FW Cook) and FIT Remuneration Consultants, LLP

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 (51 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, David Li. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 12,839,719. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, S. Edward Woodcock. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,711,050. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Mary Hall. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,993,143. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Richard White. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,601,163. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Ryan Fisher. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,220,246. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Terry Dyer. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,190,927. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Luis Fernandez-Moreno. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,065,486. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Terry Dyer PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Terry Dyer RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Luis Fernandez-Moreno RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ryan Fisher PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Ryan Fisher RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Mary Hall PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Mary Hall RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Li PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Li RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, David Li OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Richard White PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Richard White RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, S. Edward Woodcock PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, S. Edward Woodcock RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Executive Compensation” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bruce D. Hoechner. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 311,267. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jean S. Blackwell. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 275,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Karen G. Narwold. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Diane H. Gulyas. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, J. Kevin Willis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 240,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Daniel F. Sansone. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 235,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Frederick J. Lynch. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 225,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Benjamin G. (Shon) Wright. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 225,017. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, F. David Segal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 202,517. 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 978,750 + equity 1,215,153 + all other 0 = 2,193,903, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Element Solutions Inc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Element Solutions Inc's own proxy. As printed: 26,480,462. View filing ↗
  • Cabot Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Cabot Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,307,883. View filing ↗
  • H.B. Fuller Co., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-04. CEO total compensation as printed in H.B. Fuller Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,830,569. View filing ↗
  • Sensient Technologies Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Sensient Technologies Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,665,993. View filing ↗
  • Tronox Holdings, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Tronox Holdings's own proxy. As printed: 8,254,510. View filing ↗
  • Innospec Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Innospec Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,252,747. View filing ↗
  • Ashland Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Ashland Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,907,423. View filing ↗
  • Balchem Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Balchem Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,894,874. View filing ↗
  • Minerals Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Minerals Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,405,693. View filing ↗
  • Hexcel Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Hexcel Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,252,875. View filing ↗
  • Koppers Holdings Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Koppers Holdings Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,358,244. View filing ↗
  • Avient Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Avient Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,818,257. View filing ↗
  • AdvanSix Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in AdvanSix Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,647,438. View filing ↗
  • Ecovyst Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ecovyst Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,992,440. View filing ↗
  • Stepan Co., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Stepan Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,327,042. View filing ↗
  • Quaker Chemical Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Quaker Chemical Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,709,451. View filing ↗
  • Mativ Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Mativ Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,256,333. View filing ↗
  • Ingevity Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Ingevity Corp's own proxy. As printed: 1,065,486. View filing ↗
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