Conduent (CNDT) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Clifford Skelton, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.9M in 2025, up 1% from $6.8M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 463:1, on median employee pay of $14,809.

Filed
April 3, 2026
Annual meeting
May 14, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$6.9M+1% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
463:1median $14,809
CEO pay in equity
88%$6M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$6,851,997For fiscal year 2025
CEO to Median Pay Ratio
463:1Based on 2025 payroll data
Median Employee Pay
$14,809Annual total compensation
Total Associate Population
51,500As of determination date

How Skelton was paid

$6.9M 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.

Salary12%Stock awards88%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Clifford SkeltonFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$6,851,997
Giles GoodburnExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$1,321,683
Michael KrawitzExecutive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary$2,090,700
Adam ApplebyExecutive Vice President, Public Sector$1,510,495
Mark ProutFormer Executive Vice President Chief Information and Technology Officer$1,477,230
Stephen WoodFormer Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$2,536,778
Michael McDanielFormer Executive Vice President, Commercial Solutions$2,265,517

What changed and why

  • $6.9MClifford Skelton received total compensation of $6,851,997 in fiscal 2025, representing an increase from $6,751,797 in fiscal 2024.
  • $14,809The CEO to median employee pay ratio was 463:1 based on a median employee compensation of $14,809.
  • Giles Goodburn was appointed Chief Financial Officer on May 2, 2025.
  • Stephen Wood departed the company on May 2, 2025, receiving severance and a lump sum payment.
  • The Compensation Committee cancelled the APIP shares originally granted to named executive officers under the LTIP on March 11, 2026.

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.