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Westrock Coffee Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: Westrock Coffee (WEST) executive compensation
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WEST · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Scott Ford

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Data as of October 26, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): April 23, 2026

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Who is Westrock Coffee's chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Scott Ford, CEO and Co-Founder, came to $3,705,413 in fiscal 2025. Ford's total was 17.4% higher than the $3,155,393 reported for fiscal 2024.

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
Scott Ford CEO and Co-Founder	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
T. Christopher Pledger CFO	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
William Ford Group President – Operations of WBS	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
T. Christopher Pledger CFO	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
William Ford Group President – Operations of WBS	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Scott Ford CEO and Co-Founder	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Scott Ford CEO and Co-Founder	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
T. Christopher Pledger CFO and CAO	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Scott Ford CEO and Co-Founder	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
T. Christopher Pledger CFO and CAO	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇

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
Scott Ford	PRSU	—	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Scott Ford	PRSU	—	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
T. Christopher Pledger	PRSU	—	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2023 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
Scott Ford	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
T. Christopher Pledger	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	4/22/30
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	4/30/31
	Option	◇	—	◇	7/30/31
Sam Ford	Option	◇	—	◇	4/22/30
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	7/30/31
	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
Kenneth M. Parent Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Mark A. Edmunds	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
R. Brad Martin	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Hugh McColl III	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Oluwatoyin Umesiri	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Joe T. Ford Board chair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Josie C. Natori	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Leslie Starr	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jeffrey H. Fox	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
R. Patrick Kruczek	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Scott T. Ford and A. Wellford Tabor 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	◇
Board chair 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.

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- Scott Ford (CEO and Co-Founder), FY2025 total compensation $3,705,413 (base salary $1,200,000) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001104659-26-047289, filed 2026-04-23]

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DEF 14A, filed April 23, 2026
0001104659-26-047289
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · Summary Compensation Table
DEF 14A, filed April 25, 2024
0001104659-24-051660
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}
}

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