Heidrick & Struggles International CEO Krishnan Rajagopalan's 2019 pay rises 7% to $4.3M

Heidrick & Struggles International reports 2019 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 21, 2020

Heidrick & Struggles International reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on April 21, 2020.

In 2019, five executives at Heidrick & Struggles International received on average a compensation package of $2M, a 27% increase compared to previous year.

Average pay of disclosed executives at Heidrick & Struggles International

Krishnan Rajagopalan, Chief Executive Officer, received $4.3M in total, which increased by 7% compared to 2018. 51% of Rajagopalan's compensation, or $2.2M, was in stock awards. Rajagopalan also received $1.2M in non-equity incentive plan, $850K in salary, as well as $17K in other compensation.

For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $109,451 at Heidrick & Struggles International. Therefore, the ratio of Krishnan Rajagopalan's pay to the median employee pay was 39 to one.

Michael Cullen, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $2.2M. 42% of the compensation package, or $933K, was in stock awards.

Mark Harris, Chief Financial Officer, earned $1.8M in 2019, a 4% decrease compared to previous year.

Kamau Coar, General Counsel, received $730K in 2019, which increases by 16% compared to 2018.

Sarah Payne, Chief Human Resources Officer, earned $728K in 2019.