Aviat Networks (AVNW) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Peter A. Smith, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3.8M in 2025, down 11% from $4.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 64:1, on median employee pay of $58,827.

Filed
September 23, 2025
Annual meeting
November 5, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$3.8M-11% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
64:1median $58,827
CEO pay in equity
82%$3.1M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
97%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$3,111,023Fiscal 2025 grant-date fair value
Non-PEO average pay
$986,643Summary Compensation Table average
Revenue growth
6.5%Fiscal 2025 achievement
Record EBITDA quarters
3 of 4Fiscal 2025 quarters

How Smith was paid

$3.8M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary17%Stock awards82%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Peter A. SmithDirector, President and Chief Executive Officer$3,772,051
Michael ConnawaySenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,553,707
Erin BoaseGeneral Counsel, Vice President Legal Affairs$812,096
Gary CrokeVice President, Marketing and Product Line Mgmt$594,127

What changed and why

  • 6.5%6.5% revenue growth was achieved in fiscal 2025, the fifth consecutive fiscal year of topline growth.
  • 3 of 4 fiscal quarters produced record adjusted EBITDA.
  • 100%100% of fiscal 2025 annual cash bonuses were performance-based and at-risk.
  • 50%50% of fiscal 2025 equity award value was performance-based.
  • CEO base pay remained unchanged in the August 2024 annual compensation review.
  • Three-year PSUs were tied to TSR and revenue growth targets.

Other Aviat Networks proxy statements

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.