Biopharma & Life Sciences
Maravai Lifesciences Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)
MRVI · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2024 to 2025
Data as of September 6, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 29, 2026
197 figures on this page: 193 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Total compensation for Bernd Brust, Chief Executive Officer, came to $10,129,708 in fiscal 2025, and the disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 93:1, against median employee compensation of $117,383. For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.6% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 26, 2026. The disclosed peer group names 10x Genomics Inc., Azenta, Inc., Bio-Techne Corporation, Cytek Biosciences, Inc. and Fulgent Genetics, Inc., among others. The company reported 7 named executive officers for fiscal 2025.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive of record: William Martin → Bernd Brust
Say-on-pay support: 80.9% → 98.6% (17.7 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 48.1:1 → 93:1 (93.3% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Maravai Lifesciences Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Bernd Brust, Chief Executive Officer, came to $10,129,708 in fiscal 2025.
What was Maravai Lifesciences Holdings' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.6% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 26, 2026.
Which companies are in Maravai Lifesciences Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names 10x Genomics Inc., Azenta, Inc., Bio-Techne Corporation, Cytek Biosciences, Inc. and Fulgent Genetics, Inc., among others.
What is Maravai Lifesciences Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 93:1, against median employee compensation of $117,383.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Martin Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Andrew Burch Former President, Nucleic Acid Production Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Rebecca Buzzeo Chief Commercial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Peter Leddy Chief Administrative Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kevin Herde Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernd Brust Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
William Martin Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Raj Asarpota Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Peter Leddy Former Chief Administrative Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kevin Herde Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Kurt Oreshack Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christine Dolan Executive Vice President and General Manager, Cygnus | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd Brust | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Bernd Brust | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Bernd Brust | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Raj Asarpota | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Raj Asarpota | PSU | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Raj Asarpota | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 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 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Dolan | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/25/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2033 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 7/15/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Bernd Brust | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/8/2035 | |
| Kevin Herde | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2033 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/25/2032 | |
| Kurt Oreshack | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 1/25/2032 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 3/15/2033 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Raj Asarpota | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/30/2035 |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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.
Kevin Herde
Former Chief Financial Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2023 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation | ◇ |
| Excise tax treatment | ◇ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Andrew Eckert Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susannah Gray | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
John DeFord | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jessica Hopfield | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Constantine Mihas | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Sean Cunningham | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Murali K. Prahalad | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gregory T. Lucier | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Benjamin Daverman | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Luke Marker | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
William E. Martin III, Bernd Brust and William Martin 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.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- 10x Genomics Inc. TXG
- Azenta, Inc. AZTA
- Bio-Techne Corporation TECH
- Cytek Biosciences, Inc. CTKB
- Fulgent Genetics, Inc. FLGT
- Guardant Health GH
- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. HALO
- iRythm Technologies symbol not shown
- Lantheus Holdings, Inc. LNTH
- Natera, Inc. NTRA
- Neogen Corporation NEOG
- Repligen Corporation RGEN
- Sotera Health Company SHC
- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. TNDM
- Twist Bioscience Corp. TWST
- Veracyte, Inc. VCYT
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 26, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 22, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 23, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 18, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Maravai Lifesciences Holdings disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Maravai Lifesciences Holdings sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
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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.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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197 figures on this page: 193 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
193 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001823239-26-000046Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001823239-26-0000142025 Director Compensation · CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PAY RATIO · EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
- 0001823239-25-000065Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-25-085761Summary Compensation Table
- 0001823239-24-000082Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001823239-23-000041Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001823239-23-000039EX-10.25
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APA
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}
}