Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer · Avantor, Inc. (AVTR)

Claudius Sokenu

A named executive officer of Avantor 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.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$3,749,913

FY2024: $2,832,857

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Claudius Sokenu compensation by year

Avantor Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Avantor reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$543,654$550,000
Bonus—$0
Stock awards$1,400,628$2,576,284
Option awards$425,033$375,000
Non-equity incentive$431,739$208,317
Pension and deferred compensation—$0
All other$31,804$40,312
Total$2,832,857$3,749,913

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Avantor, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-021572, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.8M
$3.7M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU122,149$1,399,828—
PSU21,441$245,714—
PSU21,440$245,702—
PSU17,454$200,017—
PSU13,682$156,796—
PSU11,635$133,337—
PSU6,841$78,398—
Option51,939—$17.49
Option28,449—$24.35
Option16,465—$22.84

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 27, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-24Tax withholding—1,201$11.44251,228

The 1 most recent of 1 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 Avantor discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$962,500$1,940,384$5,987$3,321,371
Disability$0$3,062,318$0$3,062,318
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,925,000$3,062,318$8,980$5,408,798
Death$0$3,062,318$0$3,062,318
Retirement$0$391,989$0$391,989

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

Avantor’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael StubblefieldFormer Chief Executive Officer$13,077,931
R. Brent JonesExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$6,538,667
Corey WalkerPresident Laboratory Solutions$5,987,816
Emmanuel LignerDirector, President and Chief Executive Officer$5,895,624
Benoit GourdierExecutive Vice President Bioscience Production$5,225,419
Claudius Sokenu · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer$3,749,913

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