Global Business Travel Group (GBTG) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Paul Abbott, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $10M in 2025, down 24% from $13.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 210:1, on median employee pay of $47,815.

Filed
April 2, 2026
Annual meeting
May 13, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$10M-24% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
210:1median $47,815
CEO pay in equity
57%$5.7M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
99%of votes cast
CEO Target Bonus Opportunity
200%Of annual base salary
CFO Target Bonus Opportunity
100%Of annual base salary
Say-on-Pay Support
>99%From 2023 advisory vote
Median Employee Pay
$47,815U.S. Traveler Care employee

How Abbott was paid

$10M 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.

Salary13%Stock awards57%Non-equity incentive29%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Paul AbbottChief Executive Officer$10,027,752
Karen WilliamsChief Financial Officer$3,029,970
Andrew CrawleyPresident$4,311,799
Eric J. BockChief Legal Officer, Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Compliance and Corporate Secretary$3,950,470
John David ThompsonChief Technology Officer$2,578,194

What changed and why

  • $10MCEO total compensation decreased to $10,027,752 in fiscal 2025 from $13,265,826 in fiscal 2024.
  • Base salaries for Messrs.
  • Abbott, Crawley, Bock, Thompson and Ms. Williams remained unchanged for 2025.
  • 99%Over 99% of votes cast approved the executive compensation proposal during the 2023 say-on-pay advisory vote.
  • Annual incentive awards were earned based on financial, customer and colleague goals under the AIA Plan.
  • Long-term incentives granted in 2025 consisted of a combination of RSUs and PSUs for all NEOs.

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.