Former President and Chief Operating Officer · MSCI Inc. (MSCI)

C.D. Baer Pettit

A named executive officer of MSCI in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$9,854,504

FY2023: $8,431,685

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 11, 2026 (DEF 14A).

C.D. Baer Pettit compensation by year

MSCI Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as MSCI reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$802,253$859,819$773,397$777,076$823,996
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$3,999,824$3,999,665$2,750,574$3,100,354$2,160,219
Option awards$0$0$2,750,054$3,100,111$5,040,054
Non-equity incentive$1,157,080$1,593,746$985,951$1,158,826$1,141,598
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$193,394$90,215$419,430$295,318$688,637
Total$6,152,551$6,543,445$7,679,406$8,431,685$9,854,504

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: MSCI Inc. DEF 14A filed March 11, 2026, accession 0001408198-26-000023, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$6.2M
$6.5M
$7.7M
$8.4M
$9.9M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments MSCI discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,991,449$12,733,927$18,474—
Disability—$12,733,927——
Involuntary termination without cause—$10,234,378——
Death—$12,733,927——
Retirement—$10,234,378——

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in MSCI Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

MSCI’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Henry A. FernandezChairman, Chief Executive Officer and President$33,320,590
C.D. Baer Pettit · this pageFormer President and Chief Operating Officer$9,854,504
Alvise J. MunariChief Product Officer and Head of Client Segments$4,974,868
Andrew C. WiechmannChief Financial Officer$4,430,583
Scott A. CrumChief Human Resources Officer$3,800,143

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How this record is built

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