Brighthouse Financial CEO Eric Steigerwalt's 2018 pay jumps 688% to $16M

Brighthouse Financial reports 2018 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 29, 2019

Brighthouse Financial reported fiscal year 2018 executive compensation information on April 29, 2019.
In 2018, six executives at Brighthouse Financial received on average a compensation package of $6.9M, a 470% increase compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Brighthouse Financial
Eric T. Steigerwalt, Chief Executive Officer, received $16M in total, which increased by 688% compared to 2017. 68% of Steigerwalt's compensation, or $11M, was in stock awards. Steigerwalt also received $2.6M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.2M in option awards, $900K in salary, as well as $295K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2018, the median employee pay was $123,178 at Brighthouse Financial. Therefore, the ratio of Eric T. Steigerwalt's pay to the median employee pay was 126 to one.
Peter M. Carlson, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $7.5M, which increased by 601% compared to previous year. 40% of the compensation package, or $3M, was in other compensation.
John L. Rosenthal, Chief Investment Officer, earned $5.1M in 2018, a 331% increase compared to previous year.
Anant Bhalla, Chief Financial Officer, received $4.8M in 2018, which increases by 388% compared to 2017.
Christine M. DeBiase, Chief Administrative Officer, earned $4.3M in 2018, a 436% increase compared to previous year.
Conor Murphy, Chief Operating Officer, received $3.9M in 2018.

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Source: SEC filing on April 29, 2019.