General Counsel and Secretary · GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)

Karen Wilson Thissen

A named executive officer of GENERAL MILLS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2026. 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, FY2026

$2,891,279

FY2025: $2,787,837

5th of 5 named executive officers at General Mills by FY2026 total.

5 named officers on file for GENERAL MILLS, FY2026

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed August 13, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Karen Wilson Thissen compensation by year

GENERAL MILLS Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as GENERAL MILLS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$694,712$726,333$730,000$730,000
Bonus$225,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,266,480$1,224,782$1,237,371$1,245,613
Option awards$352,697$484,024$443,414$387,601
Non-equity incentive$867,001$349,802$260,464$413,472
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$51,545$167,466$116,588$114,593
Total$3,457,435$2,952,407$2,787,837$2,891,279

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: GENERAL MILLS INC DEF 14A filed August 13, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-056619, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the GENERAL MILLS INC filed document, accession 0001628280-26-056619. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed August 13, 2026.

$3.5M
$3.0M
$2.8M
$2.9M
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU16,408$554,754—
PSU13,438$454,339—
RSU8,204$277,377—
RSU5,039$170,369—
RSU4,982$168,441—
RSU2,770$93,654—
RSU2,494$84,322—
RSU800$27,048—
Option25,194—$63.26
Option13,852—$76.70
Option41,016—$51.81
Option24,908—$70.26

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in GENERAL MILLS INC's FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments GENERAL MILLS discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause———$2,018,491
Change in control and involuntary termination———$4,002,254
Death———$2,446,075

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in GENERAL MILLS INC's FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

GENERAL MILLS’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Jeffrey HarmeningChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$14,018,052
Kofi BruceChief Financial Officer$4,962,979
Dana McNabbChief Operating Officer$4,846,042
Jaime MontemayorChief Digital, Technology and Transformation Officer$3,725,228
Karen Wilson Thissen · this pageGeneral Counsel and Secretary$2,891,279

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