Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer · Ingredion Inc (INGR)

James Zallie

A named executive officer of Ingredion in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$12,932,234

FY2024: $11,903,681

1st of 5 named executive officers at Ingredion by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 8, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Zallie compensation by year

Ingredion Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ingredion reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$627,500$950,000$993,542$1,082,292$1,101,990$1,143,526$1,195,600$1,241,800$1,290,929
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$849,167$2,824,447$4,092,070$4,834,371$5,402,825$4,756,723$5,182,466$5,663,846$6,509,237
Option awards$579,996$1,800,335$1,350,350$1,475,313$1,622,964$1,562,393$1,599,741$1,699,996$1,999,964
Non-equity incentive$510,300$515,565$1,350,566$1,483,835$1,651,973$1,792,396$2,363,400$2,704,247$2,185,980
Pension and deferred compensation$449,315$0$525,618$540,730$329,290$0$557,470$365,233$665,369
All other$101,569$132,201$162,188$226,028$211,096$221,828$203,315$228,559$280,755
Total$3,117,847$6,222,548$8,474,335$9,642,569$10,320,138$9,476,866$11,101,992$11,903,681$12,932,234

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ingredion Inc DEF 14A filed April 8, 2026, accession 0001046257-26-000151, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Ingredion Inc filed document, accession 0001046257-26-000151. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2026.

$3.1M
$6.2M
$8.5M
$9.6M
$10.3M
$9.5M
$11.1M
$11.9M
$12.9M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU31,093$3,428,314—
RSU30,848$3,401,300—
RSU17,035$1,878,277—
RSU15,865$1,749,319—
RSU15,083$1,663,106—
Option22,405—$98.69
Option43,043—$108.38
Option59,647—$130.57

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Ingredion discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$0$8,945,810$106,767$11,238,557
Change in control and involuntary termination$9,712,875$12,460,464$161,348$25,108,198
Involuntary termination without cause$1,295,050$9,050,159—$12,531,189
Death$0$8,945,810$106,767$11,238,557
Retirement$0$9,050,159$106,767$11,342,906

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

Ingredion’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Zallie · this pageChairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer$12,932,234
James GrayExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,776,754
Robert RitchieExecutive Vice President, Food & Industrial Ingredients, US/Canada & Latin America and Sugar Reduction$2,607,091
Tanya Jaeger de ForasSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer$2,144,524
Eric SeipSenior Vice President, Global Operations, and Chief Supply Chain Officer$2,054,196

Board service

Ingredion board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Ingredion pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $160,000 in Common Stock / RSUs. As stated in Ingredion's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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