Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board · StandardAero, Inc. (SARO)

Russell Ford

A named executive officer of StandardAero in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 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

$7,791,622

FY2024: $2,390,449

1st of 6 named executive officers at StandardAero by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for StandardAero, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. StandardAero’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 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Russell Ford compensation by year

StandardAero Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as StandardAero reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$870,000$967,385$1,009,154
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$1,920,014
Option awards$0$0$2,880,002
Non-equity incentive$1,631,250$1,368,000$1,147,500
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$187,456$55,064$834,952
Total$2,688,706$2,390,449$7,791,622

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: StandardAero, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-194138, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the StandardAero, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-194138. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$2.7M
$2.4M
$7.8M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU1,965,650$56,374,842—
PSU218,406$6,263,884—
RSU74,942$2,149,337—
Option248,276—$25.62

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

10 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-10Sale10b5-141$30.00295,532
2026-08-07Sale10b5-120,413$30.56295,573
2026-08-06Sale10b5-140,000$31.42315,986
2026-08-05Sale10b5-140,000$30.89355,986
2026-08-04Sale10b5-140,000$30.24395,986
2026-08-03Sale10b5-110,969$30.04435,986
2026-07-07Sale10b5-140,000$30.12446,955
2026-07-06Sale10b5-140,000$30.44486,955

The 8 most recent of 10 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 StandardAero discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$2,677,500—$48,719$2,726,219

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

StandardAero’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Russell Ford · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board$7,791,622
Kimberly ErnzenChief Operating Officer$2,531,855
Daniel SatterfieldChief Financial Officer$2,389,317
Kimberly AshmunFormer President of Component Repair Services$1,658,692
Lewis PrebblePresident of Engine Services – Commercial Division$1,471,668
Anthony BrancatoPresident of Engine Services – Business Aviation$1,414,079

Board service

StandardAero board · FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: StandardAero pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $175,000 in equity. As stated in StandardAero's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Executive (Chair)

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How this record is built

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