Ingredion (INGR) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

James Zallie, President and CEO, was paid $12.9M in 2025, up 9% from $11.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 226:1, on median employee pay of $57,174.

Filed
April 8, 2026
Annual meeting
May 20, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$12.9M+9% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
226:1median $57,174
CEO pay in equity
66%$8.5M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$12.9MFor fiscal 2025
CEO Stock Awards
$6.5MGrant date fair value
Pay Ratio
226:1CEO to median employee
Median Employee Pay
$57,174Annual total compensation

How Zallie was paid

$12.9M 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.

Salary10%Stock awards50%Option awards15%Non-equity incentive17%Pension and deferred comp5%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
James ZalliePresident and CEO$12,932,234
James GrayEVP and Chief Financial Officer$3,776,754
Tanya Jaeger de ForasSVP and Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer$2,144,524
Robert RitchieSVP, Food and Industrial Ingredients Americas$2,607,091
Eric SeipSVP Global Operations and Chief Supply Chain Officer$2,054,196

What changed and why

  • $12.9MCEO total compensation increased to $12,932,234 for 2025.
  • $6.5MStock awards for the CEO totaled $6,509,237 in 2025.
  • $2MOption awards for the CEO were $1,999,964 in 2025.
  • $2.2MNon-equity incentive plan compensation for the CEO was $2,185,980.

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.