CBT · Cabot Corp · Executive Compensation
Market Cap
$4.16B
Shares
51.63M
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $9,307,883 |
| Jeff Zhu | Executive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies, and Battery Materials businesses within Performance Chemicals Segment & Asia Pacific Region | $3,524,533 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Executive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy | $2,776,056 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Former Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment & Americas Region, & executive responsible for Digital | $2,578,532 |
| Karen A. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,981,973 |
| Matthew F. Wood | Former Senior Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment | $1,305,924 |
Fiscal 2024
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $9,600,154 |
| Jeff Zhu | Executive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies, and Battery Materials businesses within Performance Chemicals Segment & Asia Pacific Region | $3,641,479 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Executive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy | $2,791,590 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment & Americas Region, & executive responsible for Digital | $2,390,342 |
| Karen A. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,956,579 |
Fiscal 2023
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $7,791,510 |
| Jeff Zhu | Executive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies, and Battery Materials businesses within Performance Chemicals Segment & Asia Pacific Region | $2,926,290 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Executive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy | $2,355,485 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment & Americas Region, & executive responsible for Digital | $2,076,368 |
| Karen A. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,630,702 |
Fiscal 2022
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $7,948,029 |
| Jeff Zhu | Executive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies, and Battery Materials businesses within Performance Chemicals Segment & Asia Pacific Region | $3,029,016 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Executive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy | $2,309,963 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment & Americas Region, & executive responsible for Digital | $2,103,763 |
| Karen A. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,630,683 |
Fiscal 2021
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $8,242,487 |
| Jeff Zhu | Executive Vice President and President, Performance Chemicals Segment & Asia Pacific Region | $2,959,086 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Executive Vice President, CFO, & Head of Corp Strategy | $2,332,137 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Executive Vice President & President, Reinforcement Materials Segment & Americas Region, & executive responsible for Digital | $2,117,451 |
| Karen A. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,597,469 |
Fiscal 2020
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $5,817,523 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Senior Vice President and CFO | $1,500,139 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Senior Vice President, President, Reinforcement Materials Segment, and President, Americas Region JeffZhu Senior Vice President, President, Performance Additives business, and President, Asia Pacific Region | $1,435,587 |
| KarenA. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,085,687 |
Fiscal 2019
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $6,679,379 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Senior Vice President, President, Reinforcement Materials Segment, and President, Americas Region JeffZhu Senior Vice President, President, Performance Additives business, and President, Asia Pacific Region | $1,581,007 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Senior Vice President and CFO | $1,568,272 |
| KarenA. Kalita | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $737,626 |
Fiscal 2018
| Executive | Role | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Keohane | President and CEO | $6,775,442 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Senior Vice President, President, Reinforcement Materials Segment, and President, Americas Region JeffZhu Senior Vice President, President, Performance Additives business, and President, Asia Pacific Region | $1,711,405 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Senior Vice President and CFO | $1,238,324 |
Executive changes
| Person | Role | Change | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sean D. Keohane | Board of Directors | Retired | 2026-07-30 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Executive Vice President | Resigned | 2026-07-30 |
| Erica McLaughlin | Director | Appointed | 2026-07-30 |
| Erica McLaughlin | President and Chief Executive Officer | Appointed | 2026-07-30 |
| Sean D. Keohane | Director | Resigned | 2026-07-30 |
| Sean D. Keohane | President and Chief Executive Officer | Retired | 2026-07-30 |
| Matthew Wood | President, Reinforcement Materials Segment | Appointed | 2025-06-03 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | employee (advisory capacity through retirement) | Retired | 2025-06-03 |
| Hobart C. Kalkstein | Executive Vice President and President, Reinforcement Materials Segment | Resigned | 2025-06-03 |
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