Asset Management

Freedom Holding Executive Compensation (FY26)

FRHC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
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September 29, 2025
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What changed from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive of record: Timur Turlov → Azamat Yerdessov

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What was Freedom Holding's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 99.6% support at the meeting held September 29, 2025.
Which companies are in Freedom Holding's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes B. Riley Financial, Inc., Evercore Inc., Houlihan Lokey, Inc., Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Askar Tashtitov
President (4)
◇◇◇———◇— not reconciled
Timur Turlov
CEO and Chairman (4)
◇—————◇◇
Liudmila Kiriaku
VP of Compliance
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Askar Tashtitov
President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Timur Turlov
CEO and Chairman
◇—————◇◇
Evgeny Ler
CFO
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Aidos Zhumagulov
Advisor to the Board of Directors of Freedom Bank KZ and Advisor to the Development and International Cooperation department of Freedom KZ
◇◇◇———◇◇
Azamat Yerdessov
Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Life
◇—◇———◇◇
Evgeny Ler
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Timur Turlov
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇◇————◇◇
Askar Tashtitov
President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Evgeny Ler
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jason Kerr
Chief Legal Officer
Served on an interim basis
◇◇◇———◇◇
Sergey Lukyanov
Chairman of the Management Board of Freedom KZ and Chairman of the Board of Freedom Global
◇◇————◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Azamat Yerdessov
Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Life
◇—◇———◇◇
Askar Tashtitov
President
◇◇————◇◇
Evgeny Ler
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇————◇◇
Jason Kerr
Chief Legal Officer
◇◇————◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Askar TashtitovRSU◇——◇——◇
Evgeny LerRSU◇——◇——◇
Jason KerrRSU◇——◇——◇
Fiscal 2022, 2025 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Timur TurlovRSU◇◇——
Askar TashtitovRSU◇◇——
Evgeny LerRSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Askar Tashtitov
President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Evgeny Ler
Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Jason Kerr
Chief Legal Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Change-in-control trigger◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Philippe Vogeleer
◇◇————◇
Amber Williams
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Boris Cherdabayev
◇◇————◇
Andrew Gamble
◇◇————◇
Timur Turlov, Askar Tashtitov and Kairat Kelimbetov served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Stock grants (common stock).

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • B. Riley Financial, Inc. RILY
  • Evercore Inc. EVR
  • Houlihan Lokey, Inc. HLI
  • Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. IBKR
  • Jefferies Financial Group Inc. JEF
  • MarketAxess Holdings Inc. MKTX
  • Moelis & Company MC
  • Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. OPY
  • Piper Sandler Companies PIPR
  • PJT Partners Inc. PJT
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD
  • Rocket Companies, Inc. RKT
  • SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI
  • Stifel Financial Corp. SF
  • Tradeweb Markets Inc. TW
  • Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. VCTR

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025September 29, 2025=◇◇◇
2024September 19, 2024=◇◇◇
2021September 14, 2021=◇◇◇
2018September 20, 2018=◇◇◇

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- Azamat Yerdessov (Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Life), FY2026 total compensation $11,496,164 (base salary $660,270) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0000924805-26-000041, filed 2026-07-29]

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134 figures on this page: 130 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
130 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000924805-26-000041
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
  2. 0000924805-25-000038
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  3. 0000924805-25-000025
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0000924805-24-000062
  5. 0000924805-24-000054
    Summary Compensation Table
  6. 0000924805-23-000097
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000924805-22-000037
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  8. 0001654954-21-010091
  9. 0001654954-18-010363
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0000924805-26-000012
    Exhibit
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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