Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer · Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc (KNSA)

John Paolini

A named executive officer of Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International 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

$3,570,655

FY2024: $2,431,016

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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John Paolini compensation by year

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$380,000$409,626$443,100$456,393$514,583$541,014$563,171$585,092
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$321,368$230,469$185,266$470,792$1,084,019
Option awards$275,358$1,875,468$923,363$996,606$936,346$748,051$1,066,469$1,356,609
Non-equity incentive$114,000$207,900$139,577$242,863$226,919$301,578$316,784$530,935
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$10,800$11,000$11,200$11,600$12,200$13,200$13,800$14,000
Total$780,158$2,503,994$1,517,240$2,028,830$1,920,518$1,789,109$2,431,016$3,570,655

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc DEF 14A filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-044410, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc filed document, accession 0001104659-26-044410. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 16, 2026.

$780K
$2.5M
$1.5M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$2.4M
$3.6M
FY17
FY18
FY19
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
PSU19,657$810,851—
RSU9,828$405,405—
PSU5,600$231,000—
RSU5,250$216,563—
PSU5,201$214,541—
PSU4,954$204,353—
RSU3,248$133,980—
RSU2,497$103,001—
Option12,991—$10.76
Option4,994—$11.10
Option11,236—$11.97
Option17,050—$17.76

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 16 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

33 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 16, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-02Exercise or conversion10b5-16,455$30.9376,377
2026-11-02Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-16,455$0.000
2026-11-02Sale10b5-116,810$93.4270,626
2026-11-02Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-111,958$0.000
2026-11-02Sale10b5-1704$94.0969,922
2026-11-02Exercise or conversion10b5-111,958$17.9288,335
2026-11-02Sale10b5-1899$92.3787,436
2026-10-30Sale10b5-14,821$94.8678,002

The 8 most recent of 33 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 →

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Sanj PatelChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board$10,782,661
Ross MoatExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$3,638,001
John Paolini · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer$3,570,655
Eben TessariExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$3,566,231
Mark RagosaSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,283,055

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