Ingevity Executive Compensation (FY25)
NGVT · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 21, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 4, 2026
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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: Luis Fernandez-Moreno → David Li
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Ingevity's chief executive and what were they paid?
David Li was paid $12,839,719 in total compensation as President & Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025.
What was Ingevity's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 89.2% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held April 29, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Ingevity's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes AdvanSix Inc., Ashland Inc., Avient Corp., Balchem Corp. and Cabot Corp., among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard White SVP & President, Performance Chemicals | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mary Dean Hall EVP, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
S. Edward Woodcock EVP & President, Performance Materials | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Dean Hall EVP, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Luis Fernandez-Moreno Interim President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
S. Edward Woodcock EVP & President, Performance Materials | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard White SVP & President, Performance Chemicals | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ryan Fisher SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Li President & Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
S. Edward Woodcock EVP & President, Performance Materials | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇† |
Mary Dean Hall EVP, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — not reconciled |
Richard White SVP & President, Performance Chemicals | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — not reconciled |
Ryan Fisher SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — not reconciled |
Terry Dyer SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — not reconciled |
Luis Fernandez-Moreno Interim President & Chief Executive 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Edward Woodcock | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2030 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/27/2027 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2032 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/26/2031 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2028 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2029 | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Ryan Fisher | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/26/2031 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2030 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2029 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2028 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2032 | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Richard White | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2030 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2031 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2032 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Mary Dean Hall | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 02/28/2032 |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 04/19/2031 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| David Li | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/7/2035 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Terry Dyer | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce D. Hoechner Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jean S. Blackwell | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Diane H. Gulyas | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Karen G. Narwold | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
J. Kevin Willis | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Daniel F. Sansone | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Frederick J. Lynch | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Benjamin G. (Shon) Wright | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
F. David Segal | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Luis Fernandez-Moreno and David H. Li 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.
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 | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- AdvanSix Inc. ASIX
- Ashland Inc. ASH
- Avient Corp. AVNT
- Balchem Corp. BCPC
- Cabot Corp. CBT
- Ecovyst Inc. ECVT
- Element Solutions Inc ESI
- H.B. Fuller Co. FUL
- Hexcel Corp. HXL
- Innospec Inc. IOSP
- Koppers Holdings Inc. KOP
- Mativ Holdings, Inc. MATV
- Minerals Technologies Inc. MTX
- Quaker Chemical Corp. KWR
- Sensient Technologies Corp. SXT
- Stepan Co. SCL
- Tronox Holdings TROX
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | April 29, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | April 30, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | April 23, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | April 27, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | April 27, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | April 22, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | April 23, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | April 25, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | April 26, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | April 27, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Ingevity disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Ingevity 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
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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237 figures on this page: 227 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
227 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001653477-26-000028Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104659-26-029507DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
- 0001653477-25-000058
- 0001653477-24-000042
- 0001653477-23-000018
- 0001653477-22-000012Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001653477-21-000032Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001653477-20-000039Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001653477-19-000078Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001653477-18-000029Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001653477-17-000046Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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11 filings cited on this page
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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}
}