James Hardie Industries (JHX) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Aaron Erter, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $6.5M in 2026, down 40% from $10.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 52:1, on median employee pay of $126,137.

Filed
July 1, 2026
Annual meeting
August 20, 2026
Pay year
2026
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$6.5M-40% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
52:1median $126,137
CEO pay in equity
71%$4.7M in awards
CEO STI payout
45% of targetAfter negative discretion
FY27 performance cap
200% of targetCompany performance metrics
FY27 RSU weighting
25%Time-based restricted stock units
FY27 option weighting
15%Stock options
CEO ROCE PRSU payout
130% of targetFY24-26 vesting

How Erter was paid

$6.5M in total for 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary17%Stock awards71%Non-equity incentive11%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Aaron ErterChief Executive Officer$6,545,953
Ryan LadaChief Financial Officer$5,044,602
Jonathan SkellyPresident, North America$7,295,430
Ryan KilcullenChief Operations Officer$3,382,746
Farhaj MajeedFormer Chief Human Resources Officer$3,146,340
Rachel WilsonFormer Chief Financial Officer$7,405,154
Sean GaddFormer President, North America$4,468,858

What changed and why

  • $6.5M$6,545,953 was CEO total compensation in FY26, down from $10,932,453 in FY25.
  • 45%45% of target was the CEO’s final FY26 short-term incentive payout after negative discretion.
  • 200%200% of target became the FY27 maximum payout for company performance-based metrics.
  • 25%25% of the FY27 LTI mix is time-based RSUs and 15% is stock options.
  • The FY27 scorecard element of long-term incentives was discontinued.

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.