Chief Executive Officer · Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (GBTG)

Paul Abbott

A named executive officer of Global Business Travel 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.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$10,027,752

FY2024: $13,265,826

1st of 5 named executive officers at Global Business Travel by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Global Business Travel, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. Global Business Travel’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Paul Abbott compensation by year

Global Business Travel Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Global Business Travel reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,236,667$1,240,000$1,280,000$1,310,000
Bonus$2,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000$0
Stock awards$6,000,000$11,499,993$6,999,998$5,696,774
Option awards$0$0$0—
Non-equity incentive$3,630,900$3,416,052$3,878,400$2,909,280
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$101,632$103,458$107,428$111,698
Total$12,969,199$18,259,503$13,265,826$10,027,752

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Global Business Travel Group, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-022942, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Global Business Travel Group, Inc. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-022942. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

$13.0M
$18.3M
$13.3M
$10.0M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU846,945$6,479,129—
RSU550,469$4,211,088—
RSU365,726$2,797,804—
PSU271,126$2,074,114—
RSU210,971$1,613,928—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

8 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 2, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-29Grant or award—827,779$0.00827,779
2026-09-29Disposition to the issuer—930,326—1,652,585
2026-09-29Disposition to the issuer—1,652,585—0
2026-09-29Disposition to the issuer—827,779—0
2026-06-11Sale—574,317$9.352,582,911
2026-06-09Sale—216,523$9.353,157,228
2026-06-08Sale—173,460$9.363,373,751
2026-06-05Sale—8,745$9.363,547,211

The 8 most recent of 8 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Global Business Travel discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$17,176,063—$17,176,063
Involuntary termination without cause$1,310,000$9,746,353$42,036$16,627,669
Disability$1,310,000$9,746,353$42,036$16,627,669
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,620,000$17,176,063$84,072$28,029,415

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

Global Business Travel’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Paul Abbott · this pageChief Executive Officer$10,027,752
Andrew CrawleyPresident$4,311,799
Eric J. BockChief Legal Officer, Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Compliance and Corporate Secretary$3,950,470
Karen WilliamsChief Financial Officer$3,029,970
John David ThompsonChief Technology Officer$2,578,194

Board service

Global Business Travel board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Global Business Travel pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $220,000 in RSUs. As stated in Global Business Travel's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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