Cathay General Bancorp Chairman Dunson Cheng's 2021 pay jumps 39% to $3.5M

Cathay General Bancorp reports 2021 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 7, 2022

Cathay General Bancorp reported fiscal year 2021 executive compensation information on April 7, 2022.
In 2021, five executives at Cathay General Bancorp received on average a compensation package of $2M, a 45% increase compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Cathay General Bancorp
Dunson K. Cheng, Chairman, received $3.5M in total, which increased by 39% compared to 2020. 46% of Cheng's compensation, or $1.6M, was in stock awards. Cheng also received $37K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $970K in non-equity incentive plan, $827K in salary, as well as $28K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2021, the median employee pay was $70,522 at Cathay General Bancorp. Therefore, the ratio of Dunson K. Cheng's pay to the median employee pay was 49 to one.
Chang M. Liu, Chief Executive Officer, received a compensation package of $3M, which increased by 42% compared to previous year. 48% of the compensation package, or $1.4M, was in stock awards.
Heng W. Chen, Chief Financial Officer, earned $1.5M in 2021, a 20% increase compared to previous year.
Kim R. Bingham, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Cathay Bank, received $1M in 2021, which increases by 18% compared to 2020.
Mark H. Lee, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Cathay Bank, earned $961K in 2021, a 30% increase compared to previous year.

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Source: SEC filing on April 7, 2022.