Cathay General Bancorp Chairman Dunson Cheng's 2020 pay slips 17% to $2.5M

Cathay General Bancorp reports 2020 executive compensation

By ExecPay News

Published: April 15, 2021

Cathay General Bancorp reported fiscal year 2020 executive compensation information on April 15, 2021.
In 2020, six executives at Cathay General Bancorp received on average a compensation package of $1.4M, a 23% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at Cathay General Bancorp
Dunson K. Cheng, Chairman, received $2.5M in total, which decreased by 17% compared to 2019. 44% of Cheng's compensation, or $1.1M, was in stock awards. Cheng also received $35K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings, $493K in non-equity incentive plan, $830K in salary, as well as $29K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2020, the median employee pay was $64,514 at Cathay General Bancorp. Therefore, the ratio of Dunson K. Cheng's pay to the median employee pay was 39 to one.
Chang M. Liu, Chief Executive Officer, received a compensation package of $2.1M, which increased by 95% compared to previous year. 56% of the compensation package, or $1.2M, was in stock awards.
Heng W. Chen, Chief Financial Officer, earned $1.3M in 2020, a 9% decrease compared to previous year.
Kim R. Bingham, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Cathay Bank, received $884K in 2020.
Pin Tai, Chief Executive Officer, earned $742K in 2020, a 62% decrease compared to previous year.
Mark H. Lee, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Cathay Bank, received $741K in 2020.

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Source: SEC filing on April 15, 2021.