Global Head of Commodities Markets · CME GROUP INC. (CME)

Derek Sammann

A named executive officer of CME in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 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

$3,390,974

FY2024: $3,433,504

3rd of 5 named executive officers at CME by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 23, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Derek Sammann compensation by year

CME Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CME reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$525,000$525,000$525,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,653,148$1,773,691$1,748,451
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,037,873$978,180$935,659
Pension and deferred compensation$64,365$30,234$58,865
All other$131,655$126,399$122,999
Total$3,412,041$3,433,504$3,390,974

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CME GROUP INC. DEF 14A filed March 23, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-020500, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CME GROUP INC. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-020500. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 23, 2026.

$3.4M
$3.4M
$3.4M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU3,883$901,749—
RSU3,604$836,957—
RSU2,856$663,249—
RSU2,064$479,323—
RSU952$221,083—
PSU901$209,239—
RSU901$209,239—
RSU893$207,381—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CME GROUP INC.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 23, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-16Tax withholding—359$272.4610,134
2026-09-15Tax withholding—373$275.0911,174
2026-09-15Tax withholding—361$275.0910,813
2026-09-15Tax withholding—320$275.0910,493
2026-09-15Grant or award—2,864$275.0911,547
2026-05-25Other—4,629$0.008,683
2026-05-25Other—4,629$0.0015,657

The 7 most recent of 7 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 →

CME’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Terrence DuffyChairman and Chief Executive Officer$23,394,854
Lynne FitzpatrickPresident and Chief Financial Officer$4,752,142
Derek Sammann · this pageGlobal Head of Commodities Markets$3,390,974
Julie WinklerChief Commercial Officer$3,379,744
Sunil CutinhoChief Information Officer$3,376,706

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