MeridianLink Executive Compensation (FY24)
MLNK · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024
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Data as of September 11, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 23, 2025
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What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Nicolaas Vlok: $8,922,005 → $13,371,744 (49.9% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is MeridianLink's chief executive and what were they paid?
Nicolaas Vlok was paid $13,371,744 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2024. Vlok's total moved 49.9% higher from the $8,922,005 reported for fiscal 2023.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicolaas Vlok Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Chris Maloof President, Go To Market | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sean Blitchok Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicolaas Vlok Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sean Blitchok Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Chris Maloof President, Go To Market | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laurence Katz President | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Nicolaas Vlok Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Elias Olmeta Chief Financial 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 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Olmeta | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Laurence Katz | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Nicolaas Vlok | OTHER | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023, 2024 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 2024 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolaas Vlok | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/27/2031 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/2/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Elias Olmeta | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Laurence Katz | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Sachleben | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Duston Williams | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Reema Poddar | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Yael Zheng | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
A.J. Rohde | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Laurence E. Katz and Nicolaas Vlok served on the board in fiscal 2025 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.
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Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact MeridianLink disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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Documents cited
- 0001834494-25-0000342024 Director Compensation · DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001834494-24-0000702023 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001834494-23-0000462022 Summary Compensation Table
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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
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@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}
}