Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · BROWN FORMAN CORP (BF.B)

Leanne Cunningham

A named executive officer of BROWN FORMAN in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2026. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2026

$8,898,554

FY2025: $4,348,726

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed June 18, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Leanne Cunningham compensation by year

BROWN FORMAN Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BROWN FORMAN reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Salary$551,347$620,842$655,646$729,190$751,066
Bonus$0$0$0$0$829,150
Stock awards$208,674$387,315$1,075,043$1,204,949$2,362,972
Option awards$209,751$333,304$499,967$616,607$616,612
Non-equity incentive$628,172$902,001$937,015—$1,021,150
Pension and deferred compensation$0$450,596$579,124$1,087,460$3,275,746
All other$33,189$38,881$37,906$48,362$41,858
Total$1,631,133$2,732,939$3,784,701$4,348,726$8,898,554

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BROWN FORMAN CORP DEF 14A filed June 18, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-275853, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.6M
$2.7M
$3.8M
$4.3M
$8.9M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU43,354$1,117,233—
PSU37,148$957,304—
PSU28,533$735,295—
RSU8,208$215,706—
SAR75,105—$31.15
SAR47,799—$45.07
SAR22,987—$69.87

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

BROWN FORMAN’s named executive officers, FY2026

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2026 total
Lawson WhitingPresident and Chief Executive Officer$25,304,882
Leanne Cunningham · this pageFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$8,898,554
Michael CarrExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$4,980,691
Michael MasickExecutive Vice President, President, Americas$4,012,935
Yiannis PafilisExecutive Vice President, President, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific$3,820,151
James PetersExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$461,324

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How this record is built

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