Vertical Aerospace Management

Management criteria checks 0/4

Vertical Aerospace's CEO is Stuart Simpson, appointed in May 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.11% of the company’s shares, worth €123.98K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.8 years and 2.3 years respectively.

Key information

Stuart Simpson

Chief executive officer

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Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.1%
Management average tenure	1.8yrs
Board average tenure	2.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Stuart Simpson (56 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Stuart Simpson served as Chief Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. since September 11, 2023 until May 01, 2024 and also serves as Chief Executive Officer from Ma...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Stuart Simpson	Chief Executive Officer	less than a year	no data	0.11% € 124.0k
Stephen Fitzpatrick	Founder & Executive Director	8.8yrs	no data	69.37% € 81.6m
John Maloney	Interim Principal Financial & Accounting Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Eduardo Puerta	Chief Operating Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Michael Cervenka	Chief Technology Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Sanjay Verma	General Counsel	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Paul Cotton	Head of Independent Systems Monitoring	no data	no data	no data
Andrew Macmillan	Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer	3.1yrs	no data	no data
David King	Chief Engineer	1.7yrs	no data	no data

1.8yrs

Average Tenure

48.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: M000's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Stephen Fitzpatrick	Founder & Executive Director	3.4yrs	no data	69.37% € 81.6m
Kathryn Cassidy	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.8yrs	no data	0.017% € 20.1k
Ben Story	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Michael Flewitt	Independent Chairperson	2.3yrs	no data	0.026% € 30.3k
Stephen Welch	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Vincent Casey	Director	less than a year	no data	0% € 0
Gur Kimchi	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.8yrs	no data	0.029% € 33.6k

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: M000's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Vertical Aerospace Management

Management criteria checks 0/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Directorate Change Appoints Vincent Francis Casey as Director

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Sep 16, 2024

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Sep 16, 2024

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Announces CEO Changes

Recent updates

Directorate Change Appoints Vincent Francis Casey as Director

High number of new and inexperienced directors

New major risk - Share price stability

New major risk - Financial position

Vertical Aerospace Announces 1-for-10 Reverse Share Split to Regain Compliance with the Minimum Share Price Criteria of Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Sep 16, 2024

Vertical Aerospace Ltd., Annual General Meeting, Sep 16, 2024

Vertical Aerospace Announces its New VX4 Prototype Completes First Tethered Piloted Flight

Vertical Aerospace Begins Testing on New Vx4 Prototype

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Announces CEO Changes

Vertical Aerospace Receives £8 Million ($10 Million) in Grant Funding by the UK Government

Vertical Aerospace Receives £8 Million ($10 Million) in Grant Funding by the UK Government

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. announced that it expects to receive $50 million in funding

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Vertical Aerospace's VX4 Programme Moves to the Next Phase

Vertical Aerospace Ltd Announces Resignation of Dómhnal Slattery as Directorate

New major risk - Negative shareholders equity

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Provides Flight Test Program Update

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Appoints Stuart Simpson Designated as Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, Effect from September 11, 2023

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Appoints John Maloney as Interim Principal Financial Officer and Interim Principal Accounting Officer

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Announces Management Changes

Vertical Aerospace Ltd Announces the Resignation of Marcus Waley-Cohen as Director

Vertical Aerospace Announces the Appointment of David King as Chief Engineer, February 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Announces Board Changes

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. announced that it expects to receive $100 million in funding from Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. announced that it has received $15 million in funding from Avolon Holdings Limited

Vertical Aerospace Announces the Appointment Mike Flewitt to the Board of Directors

An unknown buyer acquired Vertical Aerospace Engineering Limited from Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (NYSE:EVTL).

Less than half of directors are independent

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Appoints Trevor Woods as Director – Regulatory Affairs

Vertical Aerospace Announces Board Changes

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