NWE · NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. · Executive Compensation

$70.57 -1.21 (-1.69%) At close · Sep 9

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Market Cap

$4.34B

61.52M

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	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Brian Bird	President and Chief Executive Officer	$921,263	—	$2,700,022	—	$743,400	$610,413	$5,016,745
Crystal Lail	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$511,813	—	$624,967	—	$309,750	$208,519	$1,696,930
Shannon Heim	General Counsel and Vice President, Federal Gov't Affairs	$378,741	—	$351,549	—	$152,810	$134,939	$1,018,039
John Hines	Vice President – Supply / Montana Govt Affairs	$353,151	—	$224,303	—	$128,237	$109,639	$941,464
Bobbi Schroeppel	Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR	$358,269	—	$227,520	—	$130,095	$142,237	$908,793

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Brian Bird	President and Chief Executive Officer	$873,077	—	$2,320,016	—	$1,044,000	$544,793	$4,811,089
Crystal Lail	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$493,101	—	$592,947	—	$435,000	$212,926	$1,740,135
Shannon Heim	General Counsel and Vice President, Federal Gov't Affairs	$364,615	—	$332,498	—	$171,680	$132,284	$1,001,077
John Hines	Vice President – Supply / Montana Govt Affairs	$341,065	—	$214,745	—	$193,597	$108,511	$929,887
Bobbi Schroeppel	Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR	$344,347	—	$213,843	—	$182,700	$134,731	$892,457

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Brian Bird	President and Chief Executive Officer	$794,519	—	$1,600,000	—	$616,000	$65,464	$3,110,602
Crystal Lail	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$457,716	—	$474,375	—	$237,425	$64,249	$1,257,244
John Hines	Vice President – Supply / Montana Govt Affairs	$326,553	—	$189,694	—	$101,758	$42,373	$784,041
Shannon Heim	General Counsel and Vice President, Federal Gov't Affairs	$347,369	—	$227,500	—	$121,275	$73,966	$770,110
Bobbi Schroeppel	Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR	$325,187	—	$188,900	—	$101,333	$86,529	$735,583

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Brian Bird	President and Chief Executive Officer	$511,019	—	$1,731,774	—	$370,800	$61,218	$2,674,811
Crystal Lail	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$402,548	—	$498,750	—	$217,800	$62,937	$1,182,035
Bobbi Schroeppel	Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR	$311,428	—	$229,068	—	$120,896	$66,243	$727,635

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Brian Bird	President and Chief Executive Officer	$494,774	—	$850,000	—	$397,500	$62,157	$1,812,627
Crystal Lail	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$362,307	—	$431,250	—	$198,750	$51,193	$1,045,454
Bobbi Schroeppel	Vice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR	$300,832	—	$224,045	—	$128,048	$54,834	$709,268

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
John Hines	Vice President — Supply / Montana Government Affairs	Retired	2026-02-02	2025-10-31
Steven Mills	Chair of the combined company's board of directors	Appointed	—	2025-08-19
Linn Evans	Chief Executive Officer	Retired	—	2025-08-19
Kimberly Nooney	Chief Integration Officer	Appointed	—	2025-08-19
Marne Jones	Chief Operating Officer	Appointed	—	2025-08-19
Crystal Lail	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	—	2025-08-19
Brian B. Bird	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	—	2025-08-19

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