Synthomer's CEO is Michael Willome, appointed in Nov 2021, has a tenure of 4.58 years. total yearly compensation is £1.16M, comprised of 62.2% salary and 37.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.4% of the company’s shares, worth €866.48K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 1.8 years respectively.
Key information
Michael Willome
Chief executive officer
UK£1.2m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
62.22%
CEO tenure
4.6yrs
CEO ownership
0.4%
Management average tenure
3.5yrs
Board average tenure
1.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Michael Willome's remuneration changed compared to Synthomer's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
UK£1m
UK£723k
-UK£150m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£114m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£76m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£73m
Dec 31 2024
UK£2m
UK£702k
-UK£72m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-UK£79m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-UK£86m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-UK£96m
Dec 31 2023
UK£1m
UK£675k
-UK£105m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£127m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£149m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£84m
Dec 31 2022
UK£987k
UK£650k
-UK£18m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£80m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£139m
Dec 31 2021
UK£789k
UK£108k
UK£198m
Compensation vs Market: Michael's total compensation ($USD1.54M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD738.19K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Michael's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Michael Willome (60 yo)
4.6yrs
Tenure
UK£1,161,574
Compensation
Mr. Michael Willome, lic. oec. HSG serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Synthomer plc since November 1, 2021 and serves as its Executive Director since November 2021.He had been Group Chief Executive...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Michael Willome
CEO & Executive Director
4.6yrs
UK£1.16m
0.40% € 866.5k
Iain Torrens
CFO & Executive Director
less than a year
no data
no data
Faisal Tabbah
Vice President of Investor Relations
3.4yrs
no data
no data
Anant Prakash
General Counsel & Company Secretary
3.5yrs
no data
no data
Gayla Cowie
Chief Human Resources Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Rob Tupker
President of Health
7.8yrs
no data
no data
Ana Laloe
President of Coatings & Construction Solutions and EMEA
4.3yrs
no data
no data
Jan Chalmovsky
President of Strategy and M&A
3.8yrs
no data
no data
Stephan Lynen
President of Adhesive Solutions and Americas
3.1yrs
no data
no data
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 7YC's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Michael Willome
CEO & Executive Director
4.6yrs
UK£1.16m
0.40% € 866.5k
Iain Torrens
CFO & Executive Director
less than a year
no data
no data
Hau-Hian Lee
Non-Executive Director
23.8yrs
UK£48.00k
0.10% € 216.2k
Jonathan Silver
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
UK£32.08k
0.036% € 78.3k
Peter Hill
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
1.8yrs
UK£251.32k
0.030% € 66.1k
Martina Floel
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.8yrs
UK£63.00k
no data
Holly Van Deursen
Independent Non-Executive Director
7.8yrs
UK£73.00k
0.015% € 31.7k
Uwe Halder
Non-Executive Director
1.8yrs
UK£48.00k
0.015% € 33.0k
Janet Ashdown
Senior Independent Director
less than a year
UK£32.01k
0.012% € 26.3k
1.8yrs
Average Tenure
67yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 7YC's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/20 04:54
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/18 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Synthomer plc is covered by 19 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.