Great Western Bancorp. CEO Ken Karels' 2019 pay falls 23% to $2.5M

Great Western Bancorp. reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: December 23, 2019

Great Western Bancorp. reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on December 23, 2019.
In 2019, six executives at Great Western Bancorp. received on average a compensation package of $975K, a 30% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Great Western Bancorp.
Ken Karels, Chief Executive Officer, received $2.5M in total, which decreased by 23% compared to 2018. 49% of Karels' compensation, or $1.2M, was in stock awards. Karels also received $351K in non-equity incentive plan, $825K in salary, as well as $105K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $48,822 at Great Western Bancorp.. Therefore, the ratio of Ken Karels' pay to the median employee pay was 51 to one.
Doug Bass, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $1.2M, which increased by 71% compared to previous year. 45% of the compensation package, or $517K, was in salary.
Peter Chapman, Chief Financial Officer, earned $931K in 2019, a 18% decrease compared to previous year.
Karlyn Knieriem, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, received $437K in 2019, which increases by 27% compared to 2018.
Michael Gough, Former Executive Vice President of the Company and Chief Credit Officer of our Bank, earned $431K in 2019, a 15% decrease compared to previous year.
Timothy Kintner, Executive Vice President of the Company and Regional President of our Bank, received $396K in 2019.
Great Western Bancorp.'s fiscal year ends on September 30.

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Source: SEC filing on December 23, 2019.