Former Chief Executive Officer · Avantor, Inc. (AVTR)

Michael Stubblefield

A named executive officer of Avantor in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$13,077,931

FY2024: $14,525,638

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Michael Stubblefield compensation by year

Avantor Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Avantor reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$984,308$1,085,000$1,085,000$1,127,308$1,140,000$1,126,846$1,140,000
Bonus$130,000$0$0$0——$0
Stock awards$14,000,000$4,813,959$6,633,149$7,371,470$8,529,219$8,651,135$8,125,784
Option awards$0$2,499,998$2,000,000$2,313,486$2,437,053$2,625,038$2,749,997
Non-equity incentive$1,282,296$2,372,081$3,523,212$0$188,100$2,085,069$1,022,795
Pension and deferred compensation$5,135$6,272$5,342$0$7,895—$0
All other$593,526$479,752$14,210$19,502$36,500$37,550$39,355
Total$16,995,265$11,257,062$13,260,913$10,831,766$12,338,767$14,525,638$13,077,931

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Avantor, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-021572, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$17.0M
$11.3M
$13.3M
$10.8M
$12.3M
$14.5M
$13.1M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU157,233$1,801,890—
PSU157,232$1,801,879—
PSU107,803$1,235,417—
PSU99,005$1,134,592—
PSU71,868$823,607—
PSU49,502$567,293—
PSU17,472$200,229—
Option750,000—$13.11
Option3,380,200—$23.21
Option50,536—$33.09
Option380,886—$17.49
Option234,192—$27.64

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Avantor, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 15 award rows shown.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Avantor discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$0$11,736,805$0$11,736,805
Retirement$0$3,036,705$0$3,036,705
Involuntary termination without cause$2,280,000$0$41,771$4,202,771
Disability$0$11,736,805$0$11,736,805
Change in control and involuntary termination$3,420,000$11,736,805$62,656$20,862,461

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

Avantor’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Stubblefield · this pageFormer Chief Executive Officer$13,077,931
R. Brent JonesExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$6,538,667
Corey WalkerPresident Laboratory Solutions$5,987,816
Emmanuel LignerDirector, President and Chief Executive Officer$5,895,624
Benoit GourdierExecutive Vice President Bioscience Production$5,225,419
Claudius SokenuExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer$3,749,913

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