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Spirent Communications Management
Management criteria checks 1/4
Spirent Communications' CEO is Eric Updyke, appointed in May 2019, has a tenure of 6.42 years. total yearly compensation is $2.34M, comprised of 37.8% salary and 62.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.24% of the company’s shares, worth €3.17M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.6 years and 0 years respectively.
Key information
Eric Updyke
Chief executive officer
US$2.3m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
37.82%
CEO tenure
6.4yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
6.6yrs
Board average tenure
no data
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Eric Updyke's remuneration changed compared to Spirent Communications's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$7m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$10m
Dec 31 2024
US$2m
US$886k
US$13m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$13m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$13m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$19m
Dec 31 2023
US$2m
US$927k
US$25m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$48m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$71m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$85m
Dec 31 2022
US$3m
US$769k
US$100m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$97m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$94m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$92m
Dec 31 2021
US$3m
US$751k
US$89m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$86m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$82m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$83m
Dec 31 2020
US$3m
US$789k
US$84m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$89m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$94m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$86m
Dec 31 2019
US$1m
US$545k
US$78m
Compensation vs Market: Eric's total compensation ($USD2.34M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.69M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Eric's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Eric Updyke (59 yo)
6.4yrs
Tenure
US$2,343,691
Compensation
Mr. Eric Allen Updyke has been Chief Executive Officer at Spirent Communications plc since May 1, 2019 and served as its Director since May 1, 2019 until October 15, 2025. He served on the Executive Manage...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Eric Updyke
Chief Executive Officer
6.4yrs
US$2.34m
0.24% € 3.2m
Paula Bell
Chief Financial & Operations Officer
9.1yrs
US$1.24m
0.14% € 1.9m
David Larson
CTO and GM of Cloud & IP
4.8yrs
no data
no data
Angus Iveson
Company Secretary & General Counsel
11yrs
no data
no data
Nigel Wright
Executive Vice President of Marketing
no data
no data
no data
Manuel Zepeda
Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Services
no data
no data
no data
Ann Menard
Global Head of Human Resources
6.8yrs
no data
no data
Rob VanBrunt
President & CEO of Spirent Federal Systems
no data
no data
no data
Jim Klaassen
Senior Vice President of Global Operations
no data
no data
no data
Marc Rouanne
Chief Network Officer of Dish Wireless
no data
no data
no data
Stephen Douglas
Head of Market Strategy
no data
no data
no data
Rajesh Pathak
Country Managing Director of India and SAARC
2.3yrs
no data
no data
6.6yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: BW80's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2025/10/16 21:58
End of Day Share Price
2025/10/16 00:00
Earnings
2025/06/30
Annual Earnings
2024/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Spirent Communications plc is covered by 17 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.