MFA Financial CEO Craig Knutson's 2020 pay slips 14% to $4.6M
MFA Financial reports 2020 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: April 21, 2021
MFA Financial reported fiscal year 2020 executive compensation information on April 21, 2021.
In 2020, six executives at MFA Financial received on average a compensation package of $2M, a 18% decrease compared to previous year.
Average pay of disclosed executives at MFA Financial
Craig L. Knutson, Chief Executive Officer, received $4.6M in total, which decreased by 14% compared to 2019. 58% of Knutson's compensation, or $2.7M, was in stock awards. Knutson also received $1.1M in bonus, $800K in salary, as well as $11K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2020, the median employee pay was $216,214 at MFA Financial. Therefore, the ratio of Craig L. Knutson's pay to the median employee pay was 21 to one.
Gudmundur Kristjansson, Chief Investment Officer, received a compensation package of $1.7M, which decreased by 21% compared to previous year. 49% of the compensation package, or $850K, was in stock awards.
Bryan Wulfsohn, Chief Investment Officer, earned $1.7M in 2020, a 21% decrease compared to previous year.
Sunil Yadav, Senior Vice President, received $1.6M in 2020, which increases by 25% compared to 2019.
Harold E. Schwartz, General Counsel, earned $1.1M in 2020.
Stephen D. Yarad, Chief Financial Officer, received $1.1M in 2020, which increases by 3% compared to 2019.
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MFA Financial
Chief Executive Officer
Gudmundur Kristjansson
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Chief Investment Officer
Bryan Wulfsohn
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Stephen Yarad
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Harold Schwartz
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Sunil Yadav
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Source: SEC filing on April 21, 2021.