WH Smith's CEO is Carl Cowling, appointed in Nov 2019, has a tenure of 5.08 years. total yearly compensation is £2.91M, comprised of 20.9% salary and 79.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.047% of the company’s shares, worth €927.59K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.1 years and 1.8 years respectively.
Key information
Carl Cowling
Chief executive officer
UK£2.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
20.93%
CEO tenure
5.1yrs
CEO ownership
0.05%
Management average tenure
5.1yrs
Board average tenure
1.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Carl Cowling's remuneration changed compared to WH Smith's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Aug 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£67m
May 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£66m
Feb 29 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£64m
Nov 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£72m
Aug 31 2023
UK£3m
UK£610k
UK£79m
May 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£73m
Feb 28 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£67m
Nov 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£57m
Aug 31 2022
UK£2m
UK£585k
UK£47m
May 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£6m
Feb 28 2022
n/a
n/a
-UK£35m
Nov 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£58m
Aug 31 2021
UK£1m
UK£550k
-UK£82m
May 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£201m
Feb 28 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£321m
Nov 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£280m
Aug 31 2020
UK£608k
UK£482k
-UK£239m
May 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£68m
Feb 29 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£102m
Nov 30 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£104m
Aug 31 2019
UK£2m
UK£201k
UK£106m
Compensation vs Market: Carl's total compensation ($USD3.71M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.54M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Carl's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Carl Cowling (51 yo)
5.1yrs
Tenure
UK£2,914,000
Compensation
Mr. Carl David Cowling has been Group Chief Executive at WH Smith PLC since November 01, 2019. Mr. Cowling served as Managing Director of High Street Business at WH Smith PLC since 2017 until November 01,...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Carl Cowling
Group Chief Executive & Director
5.1yrs
UK£2.91m
0.047% € 927.6k
Maxwell Leslie Izzard
COO, CFO & Director
less than a year
no data
no data
Ian Houghton
Legal Director & Company Secretary
26.3yrs
no data
no data
5.1yrs
Average Tenure
51yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 21Q0's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.1 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Carl Cowling
Group Chief Executive & Director
5.8yrs
UK£2.91m
0.047% € 927.6k
Maxwell Leslie Izzard
COO, CFO & Director
no data
no data
no data
Annette Court
Independent Chairman
2.3yrs
UK£255.00k
0.0053% € 104.5k
Nicola Dulieu
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.3yrs
UK£76.00k
0.0019% € 37.8k
Helen Rose
Non-Executive Director
less than a year
no data
no data
Situl Jobanputra
Non-Executive Director
less than a year
no data
no data
Simon Emeny
Senior Independent Director
5.8yrs
UK£76.00k
no data
Colette Burke
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.4yrs
UK£10.00k
no data
1.8yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 21Q0'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
2024/12/09 21:08
End of Day Share Price
2024/09/11 00:00
Earnings
2024/08/31
Annual Earnings
2024/08/31
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Analyst Sources
WH Smith PLC is covered by 26 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.