Marks and Spencer Group's CEO is Stuart Machin, appointed in May 2022, has a tenure of 4.08 years. total yearly compensation is £3.97M, comprised of 21.7% salary and 78.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.095% of the company’s shares, worth €8.12M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.8 years and 4.6 years respectively.
Key information
Stuart Machin
Chief executive officer
UK£4.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
21.70%
CEO tenure
4.1yrs
CEO ownership
0.1%
Management average tenure
3.8yrs
Board average tenure
4.6yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Stuart Machin's remuneration changed compared to Marks and Spencer Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 28 2026
UK£4m
UK£861k
UK£259m
Dec 28 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£140m
Sep 27 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£20m
Jun 27 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£158m
Mar 29 2025
UK£7m
UK£843k
UK£296m
Dec 29 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£401m
Sep 28 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£505m
Jun 28 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£468m
Mar 30 2024
UK£5m
UK£818k
UK£431m
Dec 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£418m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£405m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£384m
Apr 01 2023
UK£3m
UK£669k
UK£363m
Compensation vs Market: Stuart's total compensation ($USD5.27M) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.56M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Stuart's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Stuart Machin (56 yo)
4.1yrs
Tenure
UK£3,968,000
Compensation
Mr. Stuart Barry Machin serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director at Marks and Spencer Group plc since May 25, 2022. He has been Non-Executive Director at Ocado Retail Limited. He served as Managing D...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Stuart Machin
CEO & Director
4.1yrs
UK£3.97m
0.095% € 8.1m
Alison Dolan
Chief Financial Officer & Director
1.4yrs
UK£672.00k
0.0061% € 517.6k
Sacha Berendji
Operations Director
3.5yrs
no data
no data
Fraser Ramzan
Head of Investor Relations
10yrs
no data
no data
Nick Folland
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
7.3yrs
no data
no data
Hayley Tatum
Chief People Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Craig Taylor
Head of Operations for Food Supply Chain
7.8yrs
no data
no data
David Stokes
Head of Sourcing
6.7yrs
no data
no data
Stephen Langford
Head of Clothing & Home Online
6.1yrs
no data
no data
Alex Freudmann
Managing Director of Food
3.6yrs
no data
no data
Mark Lemming
Managing Director of International
2.4yrs
no data
no data
Richard Davies
Head of M&S Brands Category
1.3yrs
no data
no data
3.8yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: MA6A's management team is considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Stuart Machin
CEO & Director
4.1yrs
UK£3.97m
0.095% € 8.1m
Alison Dolan
Chief Financial Officer & Director
1.4yrs
UK£672.00k
0.0061% € 517.6k
Cheryl Potter
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.3yrs
UK£86.00k
0.0049% € 416.0k
Archibald Norman
Non-Executive Chairman
8.8yrs
UK£692.00k
0.0072% € 617.6k
Tamara Ingram
Independent Non Executive Director
6yrs
UK£106.00k
0.00010% € 8.5k
Roger Burnley
Non-Executive Director
less than a year
UK£29.00k
0.00014% € 12.0k
Fiona Dawson
Senior Independent Director
5.1yrs
UK£132.00k
0.0014% € 116.2k
Evelyn Bourke
Independent Non Executive Director
5.3yrs
UK£101.00k
0.0024% € 207.6k
Sean Doyle
Non-Executive Director
less than a year
UK£29.00k
0.00012% € 10.2k
Sapna Sood
Independent Non Executive Director
6yrs
UK£86.00k
0.00010% € 8.5k
4.6yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: MA6A's board of directors are considered experienced (4.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/17 03:45
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/17 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/28
Annual Earnings
2026/03/28
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Analyst Sources
Marks and Spencer Group plc is covered by 33 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.