AB Dynamics' CEO is Sarah Matthews-DeMers, appointed in Dec 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is £1.40M, comprised of 22.8% salary and 77.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.2% of the company’s shares, worth €557.83K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.7 years and 6.3 years respectively.
Key information
Sarah Matthews-DeMers
Chief executive officer
UK£1.4m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
22.80%
CEO tenure
less than a year
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
2.7yrs
Board average tenure
6.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Sarah Matthews-DeMers's remuneration changed compared to AB Dynamics's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Feb 28 2026
n/a
n/a
-UK£5m
Nov 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£3m
Aug 31 2025
UK£1m
UK£318k
UK£12m
May 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£11m
Feb 28 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£11m
Nov 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£10m
Aug 31 2024
UK£762k
UK£290k
UK£10m
May 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£12m
Feb 29 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
Nov 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£12m
Aug 31 2023
UK£605k
UK£275k
UK£11m
May 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£8m
Feb 28 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Nov 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Aug 31 2022
UK£516k
UK£263k
UK£5m
May 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Feb 28 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Nov 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Aug 31 2021
UK£419k
UK£240k
UK£3m
May 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£2m
Feb 28 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£2m
Nov 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£3m
Aug 31 2020
UK£318k
UK£196k
UK£4m
Compensation vs Market: Sarah's total compensation ($USD1.87M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.02M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Sarah's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Sarah Matthews-DeMers (51 yo)
less than a year
Tenure
UK£1,395,000
Compensation
Ms. Sarah Louise Matthews-DeMers had been Chief Financial Officer of AB Dynamics Plc since November 4, 2019 until December 01, 2025 and serves as its Director since November 4, 2019 and serves as its Group...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Sarah Matthews-DeMers
Group CEO & Executive Director
less than a year
UK£1.40m
0.20% € 557.8k
Andrew Lewis
Interim Chief Financial Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Miles Ingrey-Counter
General Counsel & Company Secretary
less than a year
no data
no data
Andrew Ng
Group President of Testing Products
4.8yrs
no data
0.013% € 36.4k
Matthew Price
Group Corporate Development Director
5.1yrs
no data
0.018% € 51.3k
Tom Willis
Managing Director of AB Dynamics UK
2.7yrs
no data
no data
Dan Clark
Group President of Simulation
4.1yrs
no data
0.0053% € 15.1k
Neil Carpenter
Managing Director of Testing Services
1.8yrs
no data
no data
Rory Grunerud
Managing Director of ABD Solutions
no data
no data
no data
David Forbes
Company Secretary
4.7yrs
no data
no data
Edward Haycock
Director of Financial Reporting
no data
no data
no data
2.7yrs
Average Tenure
52yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 6DY's management team is considered experienced (2.7 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Sarah Matthews-DeMers
Group CEO & Executive Director
6.7yrs
UK£1.40m
0.20% € 557.8k
Richard Elsy
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
5.9yrs
UK£109.00k
no data
Richard Hickinbotham
Independent Non-Executive Director
8.9yrs
UK£63.00k
no data
Louise Evans
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.3yrs
UK£63.00k
no data
Julie Armstrong
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.2yrs
UK£14.00k
no data
6.3yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 6DY's board of directors are considered experienced (6.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/08 18:52
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/08 00:00
Earnings
2026/02/28
Annual Earnings
2025/08/31
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Analyst Sources
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