They’re among the most powerful people in the UK, but much of the information about them is buried deep in corporate documents or behind paywalls. Raconteur’s CEO Index compiles dozens of data points to shed light on those in charge of the nation’s biggest plcs.
Browse key information about 97 CEOs who were leading FTSE 100 companies as of 22 July 2024 below. (The chiefs of three investment trusts with unusual corporate structures – F&C Investment Trust, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust and Pershing Square Holdings – have been excluded.)
About the data
Remuneration figures relate to financial years ending in 2023 or the most recent one available.
| Company | CEO | Industry | Date appointed | Pay Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3i Group | Simon | Simon Borrows | Finance | May 2012 | Male | 13 /87 |
| Admiral Group | Milena | Milena Mondini de Focatiis | Finance | Jan 2021 | Female | 76 /87 |
| Airtel Africa | Segun | Segun Ogunsanya | Services | Sep 2021 | Male | 69 /87 |
| Anglo American | Duncan | Duncan Wanblad | Materials | Apr 2022 | Male | 51 /87 |
| Antofagasta | Iván | Iván Arriagada | Materials | Mar 2016 | Male | 33 /87 |
| Ashtead Group | Brendan | Brendan Horgan | Services | Apr 2019 | Male | 21 /87 |
| Associated British Foods | George | George Weston | Consumer & retail | Mar 2005 | Male | 43 /87 |
| Astrazeneca | Pascal | Pascal Soriot | Healthcare | Sep 2012 | Male | 1 /87 |
| Auto Trader Group | Nathan | Nathan Coe | Services | Feb 2020 | Male | 83 /87 |
| Aviva | Amanda | Amanda Blanc | Finance | Jun 2020 | Female | 20 /87 |
| B&M European Value Retail | Alex | Alex Russo | Consumer & retail | Aug 2022 | Male | 79 /87 |
| BAE Systems | Charles | Charles Woodburn | Industrials | Jun 2017 | Male | 5 /87 |
| Barclays | C S | C S Venkatakrishnan | Finance | Nov 2021 | Male | 34 /87 |
| Barratt Developments | David | David Thomas | Real Estate | Jun 2015 | Male | 77 /87 |
| Beazley | Adrian | Adrian Cox | Finance | Mar 2021 | Male | 49 /87 |
| Berkeley Group Holdings | Rob | Rob Perrins | Real Estate | Sep 2009 | Male | 15 /87 |
| BP | Murray | Murray Auchinloss | Energy | Jan 2024 | Male | 16 /87 |
| British American Tobacco | Tadeu | Tadeu Marroco | Consumer & retail | Apr 2023 | Male | 35 /87 |
| BT Group | Allison | Allison Kirkby | Tech & telecomms | Feb 2024 | Female | N/A |
| Bunzl | Frank | Frank van Zanten | Services | Mar 2016 | Male | 24 /87 |
| Burberry Group | Joshua | Joshua Schulman | Consumer & retail | Jul 2024 | Male | N/A |
| Centrica | Chris | Chris O’Shea | Energy | Mar 2020 | Male | 14 /87 |
| Coca-Cola HBC | Zoran | Zoran Bogdanović | Consumer & retail | May 2018 | Male | 29 /87 |
| Compass Group | Dominic | Dominic Blakemore | Services | Jan 2018 | Male | 19 /87 |
| Convatec Group | Karim | Karim Bitar | Healthcare | Aug 2019 | Male | 39 /87 |
| Croda International | Steve | Steve Foots | Materials | Jan 2012 | Male | 82 /87 |
| Darktrace | Poppy | Poppy Gustafsson | Tech & telecomms | Sep 2016 | Female | 78 /87 |
| DCC | Donal | Donal Murphy | Services | Jun 2017 | Male | 58 /87 |
| Diageo | Debra | Debra Crew | Consumer & retail | Jun 2023 | Female | N/A |
| Diploma plc | Johnny | Johnny Thompson | Industrials | Feb 2019 | Male | 42 /87 |
| Endeavour Mining | Ian | Ian Cockerill | Materials | Jan 2024 | Male | N/A |
| easyJet plc | Johan | Johan Lundgren | Consumer & retail | Dec 2017 | Male | 74 /87 |
| Entain | Stella | Stella David | Consumer & retail | Dec 2023 | Female | N/A |
| Experian | Brian | Brian Cassin | Services | Jul 2014 | Male | 8 /87 |
| Frasers Group | Michael | Michael Murray | Consumer & retail | Apr 2022 | Male | 87 /87 |
| Fresnillo | Octavio | Octavio Alvídrez | Materials | Jun 2012 | Male | 86 /87 |
| Glencore | Gary | Gary Nagle | Materials | Jun 2021 | Male | 26 /87 |
| GSK | Emma | Emma Walmsley | Healthcare | Mar 2017 | Female | 6 /87 |
| Haleon | Brian | Brian McNamara | Healthcare | Jun 2022 | Male | 27 /87 |
| Halma | Marc | Marc Ronchetti | Industrials | Mar 2023 | Male | 72 /87 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | Dan | Dan Olley | Finance | Apr 2023 | Male | N/A |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals | Riad | Riad Mishlawi | Healthcare | Aug 2023 | Male | 85 /87 |
| Howden Joinery Group Plc | Andrew | Andrew Livingston | Industrials | Mar 2018 | Male | 65 /87 |
| HSBC | Noel | Noel Quinn | Finance | Mar 2020 | Male | 7 /87 |
| IMI plc | Roy | Roy Twite | Industrials | May 2019 | Male | 71 /87 |
| Imperial Brands | Stefan | Stefan Bomhard | Consumer & retail | Jun 2020 | Male | 11 /87 |
| Informa | Stephen | Stephen Carter | Services | Jun 2013 | Male | 40 /87 |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group | Elie | Elie Maalouf | Consumer & retail | Jun 2023 | Male | 45 /87 |
| Intermediate Capital Group plc | Benoit | Benoit Durteste | Finance | May 2012 | Male | 23 /87 |
| Intertek Group | André | André Lacroix | Finance | Apr 2015 | Male | 30 /87 |
| IAG | Luis | Luis Gallego | Consumer & retail | Aug 2020 | Male | 59 /87 |
| JD Sports Fashion | Régis | Régis Schultz | Consumer & retail | Aug 2022 | Male | 80 /87 |
| Kingfisher | Thierry | Thierry Garnier | Consumer & retail | Aug 2019 | Male | 31 /87 |
| Land Securities Group | Mark | Mark Allan | Real Estate | Mar 2020 | Male | 62 /87 |
| Legal & General Group | António | António Simões | Finance | Jan 2024 | Male | N/A |
| Lloyds Banking Group | Charlie | Charlie Nunn | Finance | Jul 2021 | Male | 46 /87 |
| LondonMetric Property | Andrew | Andrew Jones | Real Estate | Jan 2013 | Male | 70 /87 |
| London Stock Exchange Group | David | David Schwimmer | Finance | Jul 2018 | Male | 28 /87 |
| M&G | Andrea | Andrea Rossi | Finance | Sep 2022 | Male | 64 /87 |
| Marks & Spencer Group plc | Stuart | Stuart Machin | Consumer & retail | Apr 2022 | Male | 67 /87 |
| Melrose Industries | Peter | Peter Dilnot | Industrials | Mar 2024 | Male | N/A |
| Mondi | Andrew | Andrew King | Materials | Mar 2020 | Male | 55 /87 |
| National Grid | John | John Pettigrew | Energy | Mar 2016 | Male | 22 /87 |
| Natwest Group | Paul | Paul Thwaite | Finance | Feb 2024 | Male | N/A |
| Next | Simon | Simon Wolfson | Consumer & retail | Jul 2001 | Male | 36 /87 |
| Pearson | Andy | Andy Bird | Consumer & retail | Sep 2020 | Male | 2 /87 |
| Persimmon | Dean | Dean Finch | Real Estate | Dec 2020 | Male | 73 /87 |
| Phoenix Group Holdings | Andy | Andy Briggs | Finance | Mar 2020 | Male | 61 /87 |
| Prudential | Anil | Anil Wadhwani | Finance | Feb 2023 | Male | 10 /87 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | Kris | Kris Licht | Consumer & retail | Sep 2023 | Male | 50 /87 |
| Relx | Erik | Erik Engstrom | Services | Nov 2009 | Male | 3 /87 |
| Rentokil Initial | Andy | Andy Ransom | Services | Sep 2013 | Male | 53 /87 |
| Rightmove | Johan | Johan Svanstrom | Real Estate | Mar 2023 | Male | 84 /87 |
| Rio Tinto | Jakob | Jakob Stausholm | Materials | Jan 2021 | Male | 12 /87 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Tufan | Tufan Erginbilgic | Industrials | Jan 2023 | Male | 4 /87 |
| Sage | Stephen | Stephen Hare | Services | Nov 2018 | Male | 44 /87 |
| Sainsbury’s | Simon | Simon Roberts | Consumer & retail | May 2020 | Male | 32 /87 |
| Schroders | Peter | Peter Harrison | Finance | Mar 2016 | Male | 25 /87 |
| Segro | David | David Sleath | Real Estate | Apr 2011 | Male | 63 /87 |
| Severn Trent | Liv | Liv Garfield | Utilities | Mar 2014 | Female | 56 /87 |
| Shell | Wael | Wael Sawan | Energy | Jan 2023 | Male | 17 /87 |
| Smith & Nephew | Deepak | Deepak Nath | Industrials | Mar 2022 | Male | 48 /87 |
| Smith (DS) | Miles | Miles Roberts | Materials | May 2010 | Male | 41 /87 |
| Smiths Group | Paul | Paul Keel | Industrials | Mar 2024 | Male | 60 /87 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering | Nimesh | Nimesh Patel | Industrials | Jan 2024 | Male | 54 /87 |
| SSE | Alistair | Alistair Phillips-Davies | Energy | Jun 2013 | Male | 52 /87 |
| Standard Chartered | Bill | Bill Winters | Finance | May 2015 | Male | 18 /87 |
| Taylor Wimpey | Jennie | Jennie Daly | Real Estate | Mar 2022 | Female | 75 /87 |
| Tesco | Ken | Ken Murphy | Consumer & retail | Sep 2020 | Male | 9 /87 |
| Unilever | Hein | Hein Schumacher | Consumer & retail | Jun 2023 | Male | 47 /87 |
| Unite Group | Joe | Joe Lister | Real Estate | Jan 2024 | Male | N/A |
| United Utilities | Louise | Louise Beardmore | Utilities | Mar 2023 | Female | 81 /87 |
| Vistry Group | Greg | Greg Fitzgerald | Real Estate | Mar 2017 | Male | 57 /87 |
| Vodafone Group | Margherita | Margherita Della Valle | Tech & telecomms | Jan 2023 | Female | 38 /87 |
| Weir Group | Jon | Jon Stanton | Materials | Sep 2016 | Male | 66 /87 |
| Whitbread | Dominic | Dominic Paul | Consumer & retail | Jan 2023 | Male | 68 /87 |
| WPP | Mark | Mark Read | Services | Aug 2018 | Male | 37 /87 |
| Company | CEO | Industry | Date appointed | Pay Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3i Group | Simon | Simon Borrows | Finance | Apr 2012 | Male | 13 /87 |
| Abrdn | Stephen | Stephen Bird | Finance | Aug 2020 | Male | 76 /87 |
| Admiral Group | Milena | Milena Mondini de Focatiis | Finance | Jan 2021 | Female | 66 /87 |
| Airtel Africa | Segun | Segun Ogunsanya | Services | Sep 2021 | Male | 81 /87 |
| Anglo American | Duncan | Duncan Wanblad | Materials | Mar 2022 | Male | 53 /87 |
| Antofagasta | Iván | Iván Arriagada | Materials | Mar 2016 | Male | 44 /87 |
| Ashtead Group | Brendan | Brendan Horgan | Services | Apr 2019 | Male | 14 /87 |
| Associated British Foods | George | George Weston | Consumer & retail | Mar 2005 | Male | 65 /87 |
| Astrazeneca | Pascal | Pascal Soriot | Healthcare | Sep 2012 | Male | 1 /87 |
| Auto Trader Group | Nathan | Nathan Coe | Services | Feb 2020 | Male | 75 /87 |
| Aviva | Amanda | Amanda Blanc | Finance | Jun 2020 | Female | 19 /87 |
| B&M European Value Retail | Alex | Alex Russo | Consumer & retail | Aug 2022 | Male | n/a |
| BAE Systems | Charles | Charles Woodburn | Industrials | Jun 2017 | Male | 2 /87 |
| Barclays | C S | C S Venkatakrishnan | Finance | Nov 2021 | Male | 23 /87 |
| Barratt Developments | David | David Thomas | Real Estate | Jun 2015 | Male | 57 /87 |
| Beazley | Adrian | Adrian Cox | Finance | Mar 2021 | Male | 78 /87 |
| Berkeley Group Holdings | Rob | Rob Perrins | Real Estate | Aug 2009 | Male | 10 /87 |
| BP | Bernard | Bernard Looney | Energy | Feb 2020 | Male | 4 /87 |
| British American Tobacco | Jack | Jack Bowles | Consumer & retail | Mar 2019 | Male | 6 /87 |
| British Land | Simon | Simon Carter | Real Estate | Nov 2020 | Male | 72 /87 |
| BT Group | Philip | Philip Jansen | Services | Feb 2019 | Male | 28 /87 |
| Bunzl | Frank | Frank van Zanten | Services | Mar 2016 | Male | 33 /87 |
| Burberry Group | Jonathan | Jonathan Akeroyd | Consumer & retail | Mar 2022 | Male | 21 /87 |
| Centrica | Chris | Chris O’Shea | Energy | Mar 2020 | Male | 34 /87 |
| Coca-Cola HBC | Zoran | Zoran Bogdanović | Consumer & retail | May 2018 | Male | 48 /87 |
| Compass Group | Dominic | Dominic Blakemore | Services | Jan 2018 | Male | 52 /87 |
| Convatec Group | Karim | Karim Bitar | Healthcare | Aug 2019 | Male | 37 /87 |
| CRH | Albert | Albert Manifold | Materials | Jan 2014 | Male | 3 /87 |
| Croda International | Steve | Steve Foots | Materials | Jan 2012 | Male | 39 /87 |
| DCC | Donal | Donal Murphy | Services | Jun 2017 | Male | 51 /87 |
| Diageo | Ivan | Ivan Menezes | Consumer & retail | Jun 2013 | Male | 11 /87 |
| Endeavour Mining | Sébastien | Sébastien de Montessus | Materials | Apr 2016 | Male | 7 /87 |
| Entain | Jette | Jette Nygaard-Andersen | Consumer & retail | Jan 2021 | Female | 73 /87 |
| Experian | Brian | Brian Cassin | Services | Jun 2014 | Male | 5 /87 |
| Flutter Entertainment | Peter | Peter Jackson | Consumer & retail | Jan 2018 | Male | 40 /87 |
| Frasers Group | Michael | Michael Murray | Consumer & retail | Apr 2022 | Male | n/a |
| Fresnillo | Octavio | Octavio Alvídrez | Materials | Jun 2012 | Male | 83 /87 |
| Glencore | Gary | Gary Nagle | Materials | Jun 2021 | Male | 25 /87 |
| GSK | Emma | Emma Walmsley | Healthcare | Mar 2017 | Female | 8 /87 |
| Haleon | Brian | Brian McNamara | Healthcare | Jun 2022 | Male | 64 /87 |
| Halma | Marc | Marc Ronchetti | Industrials | Mar 2023 | Male | n/a |
| Hargreaves Lansdown | Chris | Chris Hill | Finance | Mar 2017 | Male | 59 /87 |
| Hiscox | Aki | Aki Hussain | Finance | Jan 2022 | Male | 79 /87 |
| HSBC | Noel | Noel Quinn | Finance | Mar 2020 | Male | 18 /87 |
| IAG | Luis | Luis Gallego | Consumer & retail | Aug 2020 | Male | 61 /87 |
| Imperial Brands | Stefan | Stefan Bomhard | Consumer & retail | Jun 2020 | Male | 17 /87 |
| Informa | Stephen | Stephen Carter | Services | Jun 2013 | Male | 58 /87 |
| Intercontinental Hotels Group | Keith | Keith Barr | Consumer & retail | Jun 2017 | Male | 41 /87 |
| Intertek Group | André | André Lacroix | Finance | Apr 2015 | Male | 56 /87 |
| JD Sports Fashion | Régis | Régis Schultz | Consumer & retail | Aug 2022 | Male | n/a |
| Johnson Matthey | Liam | Liam Condon | Materials | Mar 2022 | Male | 85 /87 |
| Kingfisher | Thierry | Thierry Garnier | Consumer & retail | Aug 2019 | Male | 71 /87 |
| Land Securities Group | Mark | Mark Allan | Real Estate | Mar 2020 | Male | 70 /87 |
| Legal & General Group | Nigel | Nigel Wilson | Finance | May 2012 | Male | 42 /87 |
| Lloyds Banking Group | Charlie | Charlie Nunn | Finance | Jul 2021 | Male | 47 /87 |
| London Stock Exchange Group | David | David Schwimmer | Finance | Jul 2018 | Male | 30 /87 |
| M&G | Andrea | Andrea Rossi | Finance | Sep 2022 | Male | 84 /87 |
| Melrose Industries | Simon | Simon Peckham | Industrials | Nov 2012 | Male | 80 /87 |
| Mondi | Andrew | Andrew King | Materials | Mar 2020 | Male | 38 /87 |
| National Grid | John | John Pettigrew | Energy | Mar 2016 | Male | 16 /87 |
| Natwest Group | Alison | Alison Rose | Finance | Nov 2019 | Female | 22 /87 |
| Next | Simon | Simon Wolfson | Consumer & retail | Jul 2001 | Male | 36 /87 |
| Ocado Group | Tim | Tim Steiner | Consumer & retail | Mar 2010 | Male | 69 /87 |
| Pearson | Andy | Andy Bird | Consumer & retail | Sep 2020 | Male | 12 /87 |
| Persimmon | Dean | Dean Finch | Real Estate | Dec 2020 | Male | 67 /87 |
| Phoenix Group Holdings | Andy | Andy Briggs | Finance | Mar 2020 | Male | 55 /87 |
| Prudential | Anil | Anil Wadhwani | Finance | Feb 2023 | Male | n/a |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group | Nicandro | Nicandro Durante | Consumer & retail | Sep 2022 | Male | 68 /87 |
| Relx | Erik | Erik Engstrom | Services | Nov 2009 | Male | 9 /87 |
| Rentokil Initial | Andy | Andy Ransom | Services | Sep 2013 | Male | 49 /87 |
| Rightmove | Johan | Johan Svanstrom | Real Estate | Mar 2023 | Male | n/a |
| Rio Tinto | Jakob | Jakob Stausholm | Materials | Jan 2021 | Male | 26 /87 |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings | Tufan | Tufan Erginbilgic | Industrials | Jan 2023 | Male | n/a |
| RS Group | Simon | Simon Pryce | Industrials | Mar 2023 | Male | n/a |
| Sage Group | Stephen | Stephen Hare | Services | Nov 2018 | Male | 63 /87 |
| Sainsbury | Simon | Simon Roberts | Consumer & retail | May 2020 | Male | 46 /87 |
| Schroders | Peter | Peter Harrison | Finance | Mar 2016 | Male | 32 /87 |
| Segro | David | David Sleath | Real Estate | Apr 2011 | Male | 45 /87 |
| Severn Trent | Liv | Liv Garfield | Utilities | Mar 2014 | Female | 43 /87 |
| Shell | Wael | Wael Sawan | Energy | Jan 2023 | Male | n/a |
| Smith (DS) | Miles | Miles Roberts | Materials | Apr 2010 | Male | 60 /87 |
| Smith & Nephew | Deepak | Deepak Nath | Industrials | Mar 2022 | Male | 27 /87 |
| Smiths Group | Paul | Paul Keel | Industrials | Apr 2021 | Male | 74 /87 |
| Smurfit Kappa Group | Tony | Tony Smurfit | Materials | Aug 2015 | Male | 24 /87 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering | Nicholas | Nicholas Anderson | Industrials | Jan 2014 | Male | 50 /87 |
| SSE | Alistair | Alistair Phillips-Davies | Energy | Jun 2013 | Male | 35 /87 |
| St. James’s Place | Andrew | Andrew Croft | Finance | Jan 2018 | Male | 54 /87 |
| Standard Chartered | Bill | Bill Winters | Finance | May 2015 | Male | 20 /87 |
| Taylor Wimpey | Jennie | Jennie Daly | Real Estate | Mar 2022 | Female | 77 /87 |
| Tesco | Ken | Ken Murphy | Consumer & retail | Sep 2020 | Male | 29 /87 |
| Unilever | Alan | Alan Jope | Consumer & retail | Jan 2019 | Male | 31 /87 |
| Unite Group | Richard | Richard Smith | Real Estate | May 2016 | Male | 82 /87 |
| United Utilities | Louise | Louise Beardmore | Utilities | Mar 2023 | Female | n/a |
| Vodafone Group | Margherita | Margherita Della Valle | Services | Jan 2023 | Female | n/a |
| Weir Group | Jon | Jon Stanton | Materials | Sep 2016 | Male | 62 /87 |
| Whitbread | Dominic | Dominic Paul | Consumer & retail | Jan 2023 | Male | n/a |
| WPP | Mark | Mark Read | Services | Aug 2018 | Male | 15 /87 |
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