Hill & Smith Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Hill & Smith's CEO is Rutger Helbing, appointed in Sep 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.012% of the company’s shares, worth €252.64K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.7 years and 4.3 years respectively.

Key information

Rutger Helbing

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.01%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	4.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Rutger Helbing (57 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Rutger Albert Helbing is CEO & Member of Executive Board of Hill & Smith PLC from September 19, 2024. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Tyman plc since January 2, 2024 until August 2...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Hannah Nichols	Group CFO	5.2yrs	UK£1.41m	0.0039% € 78.5k
Rutger Helbing	CEO & Member of Executive Board	less than a year	no data	0.012% € 252.6k
Joel Whitehouse	Corporate Development Director & Member of Executive Board	no data	no data	no data
Tim Tehan	Member of Executive Board	less than a year	no data	no data
Nick Adcock	Member of Executive Board	less than a year	no data	0.019% € 390.6k
Lucinda Farrington-Parker	Group Head of Sustainability	2.8yrs	no data	no data
Mark Tonks	Managing Director of Hill & Smith Ltd and Varley & Gulliver Ltd	no data	no data	no data

0.7yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 7HL's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.7 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Hannah Nichols	Group CFO	5.2yrs	UK£1.41m	0.0039% € 78.5k
Ellen Carol Chesney	Independent Non-Executive Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Alan Clifford Giddins	Non-Executive Chair	7.1yrs	UK£584.55k	0.12% € 2.4m
Pete Raby	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.9yrs	UK£55.46k	0.0063% € 126.8k
Anthony Quinlan	Senior Independent Non Executive Director	4.9yrs	UK£70.13k	0.0039% € 78.5k
Farrokh Batliwala	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.6yrs	UK£55.82k	0.0025% € 50.5k
Karen Atterbury	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Leigh-Ann Russell	Independent Non-Executive Director	3.6yrs	UK£55.46k	0.0025% € 50.5k

4.3yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 7HL's board of directors are considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).

Hill & Smith Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

CEO & Member of Executive Board recently bought €244k worth of stock

Hill & Smith plc Appoints Rutger Helbing as Chief Executive Officer

Hill & Smith PLC, Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Hill & Smith plc Appoints Hooman Caman Javvi as Chief Operating Officer

Hill & Smith PLC Appoints Carol Chesney as Non-Executive Director, Effective on 1 January 2024

Executive Chairman recently bought €401k worth of stock

Recent updates

Hill & Smith PLC to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Mar 12, 2025

CEO & Member of Executive Board recently bought €244k worth of stock

Hill & Smith plc Appoints Rutger Helbing as Chief Executive Officer

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.53 (vs UK£0.43 in 1H 2023)

First half dividend of UK£0.17 announced

Hill & Smith PLC Declares an Interim Dividend for Full Year 2024, Payable on 7 January 2025

Now 20% undervalued

Hill & Smith PLC Provides Financial Guidance for the Year 2024

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.28 per share

Now 20% overvalued

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.86 (vs UK£0.67 in FY 2022)

Hill & Smith PLC to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 26, 2024

Hill & Smith plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year of 2023, Payable on 5 July 2024

Final dividend of UK£0.28 announced

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.86 (vs UK£0.67 in FY 2022)

Hill & Smith PLC (LSE:HILS) acquired FM Stainless LLC from Chad Hood for $8.75 million.

Hill & Smith PLC, Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024

Hill & Smith plc Appoints Hooman Caman Javvi as Chief Operating Officer

Hill & Smith PLC Appoints Carol Chesney as Non-Executive Director, Effective on 1 January 2024

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.15 per share at 2.0% yield

Hill & Smith PLC to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Mar 14, 2024

Hill & Smith PLC Declares an Interim Dividend for Fiscal Year 23, Payable on 5 January 2024

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.43 (vs UK£0.29 in 1H 2022)

Executive Chairman recently bought €401k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.22 per share at 2.4% yield

Hill & Smith PLC Announces Board Changes

Executive Chairman recently bought €55k worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.67 (vs UK£0.43 in FY 2021)

Hill & Smith PLC Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2022

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.13 per share

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

High number of new directors

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC (LSE:HILS) acquired Business and Assets of National Signal, Inc. from shareholders and management team of National Signal, Inc. for $29.3 million.

ZINQ France SAS, Christophe Delot, Caisse dEpargne and Banque Populaire Bourgogne Franche-Comté completed the acquisition of France Galva SA from Hill & Smith Holdings PLC (LSE:HILS).

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

First half 2022 earnings released

Hill & Smith Holdings plc Announces Interim Dividend for Fiscal Year 2022, Payable on 6 January 2023

ZINQ France SAS, Christophe Delot, Caisse dEpargne and Banque Populaire Bourgogne Franche-Comté agreed to acquire France Galva SA from Hill & Smith Holdings PLC (LSE:HILS) for €72.6 million.

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC Announces Executive Changes

High number of new directors

Independent Non Executive Chairman recently bought €58k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.19 per share

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Group Chief Executive recently bought €57k worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

High number of new directors

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 03, 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with expectations, revenues disappoint

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC Announces the Appointment of Farrokh Batliwala as A Non-Executive Director with Effect from April 1, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share

First half 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£0.15 (vs UK£0.20 in 1H 2020)

Hill & Smith Holdings plc Updates Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.17 per share

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£0.30 (vs UK£0.61 in FY 2019)

Chief Executive & Director recently bought €87k worth of stock

Independent Non Executive Chairman recently bought €58k worth of stock

Independent Non Executive Chairman recently bought €58k worth of stock

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS UK£0.30 (vs UK£0.61 in FY 2019)

Revenue misses expectations

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC to Report First Half, 2021 Results on Aug 11, 2021

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC (LSE:HILS) acquired Prolectric Services Limited for £18.2 million.

New 90-day low: €14.00

Hill & Smith Holdings PLC Appoints Leigh-Ann Russell as Non-Executive Director, Effective 1 April 2021

New 90-day high: €16.00

New 90-day high: €15.94

Upcoming Dividend of UK£0.092 Per Share