Executive Vice President & Group General Counsel · Smurfit Westrock plc (SW)

Ben Garren

A named executive officer of Smurfit Westrock in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,659,851

FY2024: $1,988,297

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 11, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Ben Garren compensation by year

Smurfit Westrock Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Smurfit Westrock reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$324,716$675,000
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$1,298,265$1,346,650
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$315,580$554,141
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$49,736$84,060
Total$1,988,297$2,659,851

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Smurfit Westrock plc DEF 14A filed March 11, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-026094, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Smurfit Westrock plc filed document, accession 0001104659-26-026094. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 11, 2026.

$2.0M
$2.7M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU13,663$528,329—
PSU11,541$446,290—
RSU7,693$297,488—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Smurfit Westrock plc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

8 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 11, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-10Grant or award—56$0.0014,996
2026-08-14Grant or award—71$0.0014,940
2026-06-10Grant or award—60$0.0014,869
2026-05-15Grant or award—92$0.0014,809
2026-03-19Tax withholding—9$38.5814,717
2026-03-18Grant or award—90$0.0014,726
2026-03-12Tax withholding—758$42.2014,636
2026-03-11Grant or award—7,701$0.0015,394

The 8 most recent of 8 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Smurfit Westrock discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$1,350,000$2,827,004$0$4,177,004
Death$0$282,700$0$282,700
Disability$0$2,827,004$0$2,827,004
Retirement$0$282,700$0$282,700
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,350,000$2,827,004$0$4,177,004

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Smurfit Westrock plc's FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Smurfit Westrock’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Anthony SmurfitPresident & Group Chief Executive Officer$16,429,689
Ken BowlesExecutive Vice President & Group Chief Financial Officer$7,165,995
Laurent SellierPresident & Chief Executive Officer, North America (including Mexico)$6,090,164
Saverio MayerPresident & Chief Executive Officer, Europe, MEA & APAC$5,203,399
Ben Garren · this pageExecutive Vice President & Group General Counsel$2,659,851

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