BYND · Beyond Meat, Inc. · Executive Compensation
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$141.51M
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Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.
Fiscal 2025
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $29,846,850 |
| Lubi Kutua | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $7,803,706 |
| Teri L. Witteman | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | $5,683,050 |
| Dariush Ajami | Chief Innovation Officer | $4,230,836 |
| Drew Lufkin | Senior Vice President, Sales | $1,236,228 |
Fiscal 2024
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $5,016,951 |
| Lubi Kutua | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $2,405,447 |
| Dariush Ajami | Chief Innovation Officer | $2,005,676 |
| Teri L. Witteman | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | $1,631,948 |
| Jonathan Nelson | Chief Operations Officer | $1,605,689 |
Fiscal 2023
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown Founder | President and Chief Executive Officer | $6,713,337 |
| Ethan Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $6,713,337 |
| Dariush Ajami | Chief Innovation Officer | $2,608,340 |
| Lubi Kutua | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $2,538,811 |
| Jonathan Nelson | Chief Operations Officer | $1,949,769 |
| Teri L. Witteman | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | $1,575,668 |
Fiscal 2022
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown Founder | President and Chief Executive Officer | $6,770,871 |
| Ethan Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | $6,770,871 |
| Deanna Jurgens | Former Global Chief Growth Officer and President, North America | $3,954,902 |
| Phil Hardin | Former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $3,587,734 |
| Bernie Adcock | Former Chief Supply Chain Officer | $2,988,499 |
| Dariush Ajami | Chief Innovation Officer | $2,546,182 |
| Lubi Kutua | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $2,511,098 |
| Teri L. Witteman | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | $1,468,374 |
Fiscal 2021
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown Founder | President and Chief Executive Officer | $6,572,625 |
| Bernie Adcock | Former Chief Supply Chain Officer | $5,991,288 |
| Deanna Jurgens | Former Global Chief Growth Officer and President, North America | $4,844,171 |
| Phil Hardin | Former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $4,840,623 |
Fiscal 2020
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown Founder | President and Chief Executive Officer | $5,333,325 |
| Sanjay C. Shah | Chief Operating Officer Charles Muth Chief Growth Officer | $3,485,185 |
| Stuart Kronauge | Former Chief Marketing Officer | $3,018,117 |
Fiscal 2019
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Teri L. Witteman | General Counsel and Secretary | $21,936,123 |
| Ethan Brown Founder | President and Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Nelson Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $8,010,451 |
| Ethan Brown | CEO | $8,010,451 |
| Sanjay C. Shah | Chief Operating Officer Charles Muth Chief Growth Officer | $6,672,220 |
Fiscal 2018
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ethan Brown Founder | President and Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Nelson Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | $967,994 |
| Ethan Brown | CEO | $967,994 |
Executive changes
| Person | Role | Change | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Boken | interim Chief Transformation Officer | Resigned | 2026-10-01 |
| John Boken | interim Chief Operations Officer | Terminated | 2026-10-01 |
| Ethan Brown | Class III director | Appointed | 2026-07-30 |
| Raphael Thomas Wallander | Class III director and member of the Human Capital Management and Compensation Committee | Resigned | 2026-06-03 |
| John Boken | Chief Operations Officer | Appointed | 2026-04-24 |
| Jonathan Nelson | Chief Operations Officer | Resigned | 2026-04-24 |
| Tony Kalajian | Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer | Appointed | 2026-01-05 |
| Yi (Jevy) Luo | Vice President, Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer | Terminated | 2025-12-18 |
| Raphael T. Wallander | Class III (with a term expiring in 2028) director | Appointed | 2025-10-15 |
| C. James Koch | Class II (with a term expiring in 2027) director | Appointed | 2025-10-15 |
| C. James Koch | Board | Resigned | 2025-10-15 |
| Alexandre Zyngier | Class I (with a term expiring in 2026) director | Appointed | 2025-10-15 |
| Nandita Bakhshi | Board | Resigned | 2025-10-15 |
| Ethan Brown | Board | Resigned | 2025-10-15 |
| John Boken | interim Chief Transformation Officer | Appointed | 2025-08-06 |
| John Boken | interim Chief Transformation Officer | Appointed | 2025-08-06 |
| Yi (Jevy) Luo | principal accounting officer | Appointed | 2024-04-22 |
| Lubi Kutua | principal accounting officer | Appointed | 2024-01-08 |
| Margaret “Jackie” Trask | Chief People Officer | Resigned | 2023-09-29 |
| Deanna Jurgens | Global Chief Growth Officer and President, North America | Resigned | 2022-12-06 |
| Henry Dieu | principal accounting officer | Appointed | 2022-10-14 |
| Lubi Kutua | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Appointed | 2022-10-14 |
| Philip E. Hardin | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Resigned | 2022-10-14 |
| Mike Sharman | Senior Vice President, Global Sales | Appointed | 2022-10-14 |
| Bernie Adcock | Chief Supply Chain Officer | Resigned | 2022-09-23 |