Lead Independent Director · Twist Bioscience Corp (TWST)

Chair, Nominating/Governance Committee

Robert Chess director compensation at Twist Bioscience (FY2025): $337K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Robert Chess at Twist Bioscience Corp. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed January 6, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

Twist Bioscience Director Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Twist Bioscience reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$97,500$239,968$0—$337,468
FY2024$92,500$214,981$0$0$307,481
FY2023$97,500$239,968$0—$337,468
FY2022$81,969$214,976$0$0$296,945
FY2021$79,000$92,321$115,454$0$286,775

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Twist Bioscience Corp DEF 14A filed January 6, 2026, accession 0001581280-26-000006, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Twist Bioscience Corp filed document, accession 0001581280-26-000006. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 6, 2026.

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$337,468 Robert Chess, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of January 6, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

Twist Bioscience pays directors a $50,000 cash retainer and $240,000 in equity.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Compensation · Nominating/Governance (Chair)

The rest of the Twist Bioscience board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Emily M. LeproustChair of the Board—
Jan JohannessenIndependent Director$313,718
Keith CrandellIndependent Director$299,968
Melissa A. StarovasnikIndependent Director$304,968
Nelson C. ChanIndependent Director$312,468
Robert RagusaIndependent Director$304,968
Trynka Shineman BlakeIndependent Director$403,995

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