President, Chief Commercial Officer · Certara, Inc. (CERT)

Leif Pedersen

A named executive officer of Certara in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,889,825

FY2024: $2,056,624

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 3, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Leif Pedersen compensation by year

Certara Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Certara reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$406,850$427,193$444,281$458,350
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,154,286$1,532,907$1,415,897$1,199,743
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$209,528$162,120$180,822$214,993
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$9,150$19,800$15,624$16,739
Total$1,779,814$2,142,020$2,056,624$1,889,825

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Certara, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-039372, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.8M
$2.1M
$2.1M
$1.9M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU113,919$1,003,626—
RSU73,672$649,050—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

15 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 3, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-11Disposition to the issuer derivative—68,348$0.000
2026-05-11Grant or award derivative—68,348$0.0068,348
2026-05-11Grant or award derivative—111,111$0.00111,111
2026-05-11Grant or award derivative—74,074$0.0074,074
2026-04-01Exercise or conversion derivative—15,188$0.0030,378
2026-04-01Tax withholding—3,534$5.7084,955
2026-04-01Tax withholding—3,699$5.70110,045
2026-04-01Grant or award—14,510$0.0088,489

The 8 most recent of 15 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 →

Certara’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William FeeheryFormer Chief Executive Officer$6,491,387
John Gallagher IIISenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,723,851
Robert AspburyPresident, Certara Predictive Technologies$2,025,868
Leif Pedersen · this pagePresident, Chief Commercial Officer$1,889,825
Adrian McKemeyPresident, Certara Drug Development Solutions$1,855,823

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