Waste Management named James C. Fish Jr. as its CEO in late 2016.
Fish earned $5,226,858 in total compensation in 2016. That included $705,996 in salary, $3,104,074 in stock awards, $344,002 in option awards, $1,013,304 in non-equity incentive plan compensation and $59,482 in all other compensation.
Fish succeeded David P. Steiner as CEO. Steiner served as CEO since 2004 and remains on the board of directors.
Fish held several roles with Waste Management since joining the company in 2001.
Prior to becoming CFO in 2012 and president and CFO in July 2016, he held several key positions with the company, including senior vice president for the company’s Eastern Group, area vice president for Pennsylvania and West Virginia, market area general manager for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, vice president of price management and director of financial planning and analysis.
Before joining Waste Management, Fish held finance and revenue management positions at Westex, a Yellow-Roadway subsidiary; Trans World Airlines; and America West Airlines. He began his professional career at KPMG Peat Marwick.