discoverIE Group's CEO is Nick Jefferies, appointed in Jan 2009, has a tenure of 17.5 years. total yearly compensation is £1.04M, comprised of 54.1% salary and 45.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.36% of the company’s shares, worth €10.51M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8 years and 7.6 years respectively.
Key information
Nick Jefferies
Chief executive officer
UK£1.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
54.12%
CEO tenure
17.5yrs
CEO ownership
1.4%
Management average tenure
8yrs
Board average tenure
7.6yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Nick Jefferies's remuneration changed compared to discoverIE Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
UK£1m
UK£565k
UK£29m
Dec 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£27m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£26m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£25m
Mar 31 2025
UK£1m
UK£530k
UK£25m
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£20m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£16m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£16m
Mar 31 2024
UK£2m
UK£530k
UK£16m
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£19m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£22m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£22m
Mar 31 2023
UK£2m
UK£510k
UK£21m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£19m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£17m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
Mar 31 2022
UK£3m
UK£490k
UK£10m
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£9m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£9m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£9m
Mar 31 2021
UK£2m
UK£443k
UK£10m
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£10m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£11m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£12m
Mar 31 2020
UK£2m
UK£467k
UK£14m
Compensation vs Market: Nick's total compensation ($USD1.40M) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.20M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Nick's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Nick Jefferies (60 yo)
17.5yrs
Tenure
UK£1,044,000
Compensation
Mr. Nicholas J. Jefferies, also known as Nick, has been the Group Chief Executive and Director of discoverIE Group plc since January 5, 2009. Mr. Jefferies served as Vice President of Sales and Customer Ma...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Nicholas Jefferies
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director
17.5yrs
UK£1.04m
1.36% € 10.6m
Simon Gibbins
Group Finance Director & Executive Director
16yrs
UK£658.00k
0.46% € 3.6m
Lili Huang
Head of Investor Relations & Group Development
no data
no data
no data
Gregory Davidson-Shrine
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
6.7yrs
no data
no data
Jeremy Morcom
Group Head of Corporate Development
9.3yrs
no data
no data
Kirsty Garrison
Head of Tax
no data
no data
no data
Priyanka Gupta
Head of Acquisitions
3.2yrs
no data
no data
Alistair King
Head of Risk & Internal Audit
2.5yrs
no data
no data
Kamran Ahmad
Group Financial Controller
no data
no data
no data
8.0yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: 9A5's management team is seasoned and experienced (8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Nicholas Jefferies
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director
17.5yrs
UK£1.04m
1.36% € 10.6m
Simon Gibbins
Group Finance Director & Executive Director
16yrs
UK£658.00k
0.46% € 3.6m
Celia Baxter
Senior Independent Director
3.1yrs
UK£60.83k
0.0080% € 62.3k
Bruce Thompson
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
8.4yrs
UK£193.75k
0.094% € 734.1k
Clive Watson
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.8yrs
UK£64.69k
0.039% € 302.9k
Rosalind Nana Kainyah
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.5yrs
UK£64.69k
0.00068% € 5.3k
7.6yrs
Average Tenure
68yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 9A5's board of directors are considered experienced (7.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/21 23:06
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/21 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2026/03/31
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Analyst Sources
discoverIE Group plc is covered by 17 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.