Brighthouse Financial

Brighthouse Financial

BHF· Finance· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025Stock +34.9% in FY2025

Eric Steigerwalt is the CEO of Brighthouse Financial and was paid $10.5M in FY2025 (Dec), up 4%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $179
CEO pay is from each Brighthouse Financial proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1Eric SteigerwaltFY2025
  2. 2Ed SpeharFY2025
  3. 3John RosenthalFY2025
  4. 4Myles LambertFY2025
  5. 5Allie LinFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Brighthouse Financial paid its 5 named executives $23.7M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Eric Steigerwalt was paid $10.5M of that.

Name
Eric SteigerwaltPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Ed SpeharExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John RosenthalExecutive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Myles LambertExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Allie LinExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryNot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers13

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Brighthouse Financial names 13 peer companies for pay. Among Brighthouse Financial and these peers, CEO pay was the lowest of 11 and total shareholder return was 9th highest of 11.

11th highest of 11in Brighthouse Financial and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$10.5M$30.8M

9th highest of 11in Brighthouse Financial and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$113$506

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board6

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  • Diane OffereinsDirector · 8 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation and Human Capital (Chair), Finance and Risk, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Paul WetzelDirector · 8 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation and Human Capital, Finance and Risk (Chair), Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Eileen MalleschDirector · 7 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation and Human Capital, Investment (Chair), Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Steve HooleyDirector · 5 yr on the boardIndependentAudit (Chair), Executive, Investment—Paid as an executive
  • Lizabeth ZlatkusDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Finance and Risk—Paid as an executive
  • Michael InserraDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Investment—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Brighthouse Financial General counsel pay rose 19% to $2.7M. The stock rose 35% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Brighthouse Financial Division head pay fell 10% to $3.3M. The stock fell 9% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Brighthouse Financial CEO pay rose 23% to $9.8M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Brighthouse Financial CFO pay rose 21% to $3.6M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Brighthouse Financial CHRO pay rose 17% to $2.2M. The stock rose 3% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Brighthouse Financial COO pay fell 22% to $3.1M. The stock rose 3% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Board
    Michael Inserra joined the board of Brighthouse Financial. Michael Inserra sits on no other public board.
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  8. Board
    Lizabeth Zlatkus joined the board of Brighthouse Financial. Lizabeth Zlatkus sits on no other public board.
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Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 14, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 24, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 29, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 28, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 18, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 22, 2024FY2023
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