TWST · Twist Bioscience Corp · Executive Compensation

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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	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board	$720,000	—	$11,998,134	—	$932,918	$130,518	$13,781,570
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	$563,000	—	$6,748,947	—	$583,592	$127,403	$8,022,942
Adam Laponis	Chief Financial Officer	$490,000	—	$3,365,430	—	$349,197	$11,490	$4,216,117
Dennis Cho	Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary	$449,000	—	$2,872,062	—	$290,889	$9,125	$3,621,076
Paula Green	Senior Vice President of Human Resources	$400,000	—	$2,570,537	—	$259,144	$119,178	$3,348,859

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board	$685,000	—	$5,849,949	—	$955,575	$130,087	$7,620,611
Adam Laponis	Chief Financial Officer	$330,708	$195,000	$4,197,600	—	$280,624	$4,312	$5,008,244
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	$500,000	—	$2,762,157	—	$465,000	$127,394	$3,854,551
William Banyai	Senior Vice President of Advanced Development and General Manager of Data Storage	$460,000	—	$1,435,172	—	$416,208	$17,494	$2,328,874
Paula Green	Senior Vice President of Human Resources	$371,000	—	$1,229,460	—	$287,525	$117,696	$2,005,681
Dennis Cho	Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary	$433,000	—	$1,021,913	—	$335,575	$7,944	$1,798,432
James Thorburn	Former Chief Financial Officer	$501,675	—	$487,484	—	—	$115,755	$1,104,914

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board	$685,000	$53,796	$6,632,151	—	$501,054	$126,636	$7,998,637
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	$470,000	$123,761	$4,283,916	—	$230,039	$120,142	$5,227,858
William Banyai	Senior Vice President of Advanced Development and General Manager of Data Storage	$460,000	$22,018	$2,105,067	—	$220,176	$9,141	$2,816,402
Paula Green	Senior Vice President of Human Resources	$356,291	$15,271	$1,868,944	—	$142,230	$104,684	$2,487,420
James Thorburn	Former Chief Financial Officer	$460,000	$20,259	$1,020,512	—	$202,587	$110,249	$1,813,607
Dennis Cho	Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary	$410,000	$17,888	$1,048,112	—	$166,612	$5,342	$1,647,954

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board	$665,000	—	$4,521,127	—	$596,106	$135,430	$5,917,663
James Thorburn	Former Chief Financial Officer	$450,000	—	$1,890,519	—	$243,540	$121,624	$2,705,683
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	$456,000	—	$1,888,673	—	$272,506	$73,273	$2,690,452
William Banyai	Senior Vice President of Advanced Development and General Manager of Data Storage	$455,000	—	$1,888,673	—	$271,908	$18,737	$2,634,318
Patrick Weiss	Consultant, Former Chief Operating Officer	$418,000	—	$1,888,673	—	—	$122,770	$2,429,443
Dennis Cho	Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary	$350,000	—	$1,422,786	—	$174,300	$4,762	$1,951,848

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board	$590,083	—	—	—	$615,974	$75,536	$1,281,593
Patrick Weiss	Consultant, Former Chief Operating Officer	$427,000	—	—	—	$240,668	$118,738	$786,406
James Thorburn	Chief Financial Officer	$427,000	—	—	—	$240,668	$104,043	$771,711
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	$427,000	—	—	—	$240,668	$58,683	$726,351
William Banyai	Senior Vice President of Advanced Development and General Manager of Data Storage	$400,000	—	—	—	$225,450	$2,667	$628,117

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board	$519,167	—	$2,267,336	$4,192,726	$452,192	$5,151	$7,436,572
Patrick Weiss	Consultant, Former Chief Operating Officer	$398,751	—	$790,634	$1,447,438	$217,400	$163,862	$3,018,085
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	$417,917	—	$774,968	$1,407,728	$225,120	$50,646	$2,876,379
James Thorburn	Chief Financial Officer	$419,167	—	$753,271	$1,354,848	$218,820	$77,577	$2,823,683
William Banyai	Senior Vice President of Advanced Development and General Manager of Data Storage	$380,542	—	$774,968	$1,407,728	$208,788	$2,231	$2,774,257

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Emily Leproust	President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair	$477,042	—	$3,045,398	$4,144,965	$458,752	—	$8,126,157
James Thorburn	Chief Financial Officer	$384,167	—	$1,039,793	$1,415,209	$213,035	—	$3,052,204
Patrick Finn	Chief Commercial Officer	$352,917	—	$1,039,793	$1,415,209	$205,764	—	$3,013,683

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
James Thorburn	Chief Financial Officer	$134,015	—	—	$1,286,756	$70,341	—	$1,491,112
Emily Leproust	President, Chief Executive Officer and Chair	$362,250	—	—	—	$162,424	—	$524,674

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Trynka Shineman Blake	Class II director	Appointed	2025-08-05	2025-08-06
Melissa A. Starovasnik, Ph.D.	Class I Director	Appointed	2025-02-05	2025-02-11
Robert Ragusa	Class I Director	Appointed	2025-02-05	2025-02-11
Nelson C. Chan	Class I Director	Appointed	2025-02-05	2025-02-11
Adam Laponis	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2024-01-08	2024-01-05
Chet Gandhi	chief information officer	Appointed	—	2023-08-04
Robert Werner	chief accounting officer	Appointed	—	2023-08-04
Robert F. Werner	chief accounting officer and principal accounting officer	Appointed	2023-05-22	2023-05-23
Kevin Yankton	Chief Accounting Officer	Resigned	2023-05-19	2023-03-28
Patrick Finn	President and Chief Operating Officer	Appointed	2022-10-25	2022-10-26

Leadership

Emily Leproust CEO
Adam Laponis CFO
Patrick Finn COO
Patrick Weiss COO
Bill Peck CTO
Chet Gandhi CIO
Dennis Cho General Counsel
Robert F. Werner Chief Accounting Officer
Robert Werner Chief Accounting Officer
Jan Johannessen Board Member
Keith Crandell Board Member
Melissa A. Starovasnik Board Member
Melissa A. Starovasnik, Ph.D. Board Member
Melissa Starovasnik Board Member
Nelson C. Chan Board Member
Robert Chess Board Member
Robert Ragusa Board Member
Trynka Shineman Board Member
Trynka Shineman Blake Board Member

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