BAE Systems Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

BAE Systems' CEO is Charles Woodburn, appointed in Jul 2017, has a tenure of 6.92 years. total yearly compensation is £13.45M, comprised of 8.8% salary and 91.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.03% of the company’s shares, worth £11.89M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.4 years and 4.6 years respectively.

Key information

Charles Woodburn

Chief executive officer

UK£13.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	8.8%
CEO tenure	6.9yrs
CEO ownership	0.03%
Management average tenure	2.4yrs
Board average tenure	4.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Charles Woodburn's remuneration changed compared to BAE Systems's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	UK£13m	UK£1m	UK£2b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Dec 31 2022	UK£12m	UK£1m	UK£2b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Dec 31 2021	UK£6m	UK£1m	UK£2b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Dec 31 2020	UK£6m	UK£983k	UK£1b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Dec 31 2019	UK£4m	UK£920k	UK£1b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Dec 31 2018	UK£2m	UK£897k	UK£1b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£865m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£729m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£778m
Dec 31 2017	UK£2m	UK£813k	UK£827m

Compensation vs Market: Charles's total compensation ($USD17.01M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.58M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Charles's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Charles Woodburn (53 yo)

6.9yrs

Tenure

UK£13,451,000

Compensation

Dr. Charles Nicholas Woodburn serves as Group Chief Executive Officer at BAE Systems plc since July 01, 2017 and serves as its Executive Director May 09, 2016. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of E...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Charles Woodburn	Group CEO & Executive Director	6.9yrs	UK£13.45m	0.030% £ 11.9m
Bradley Greve	CFO & Executive Director	5.4yrs	UK£7.13m	0.0034% £ 1.4m
Thomas Arseneault	Executive Director	10.3yrs	UK£9.26m	0.030% £ 12.2m
Julian Cracknell	Chief Technology & Information Officer	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Martin Cooper	Investor Relations Director	no data	no data	no data
Ed Gelsthorpe	Group General Counsel	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Caitlin Hayden	Group Communications Director	no data	UK£95.00k	no data
Neils Petersen	Chief of Staff and Executive Vice President of Marketing Operations	no data	no data	no data
Tania Gandamihardja	Group Human Resources Director	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Karin Hoeing	Group ESG	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Ben Hudson	Chief Executive of BAE Systems Australia	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Glynn Phillips	Group Managing Director of Maritime & Land	no data	no data	no data

2.4yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: BAL's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Charles Woodburn	Group CEO & Executive Director	8.1yrs	UK£13.45m	0.030% £ 11.9m
Bradley Greve	CFO & Executive Director	4.2yrs	UK£7.13m	0.0034% £ 1.4m
Thomas Arseneault	Executive Director	4.2yrs	UK£9.26m	0.030% £ 12.2m
Earl Cairns	Chairman of Advisory Board on Tanzania	13yrs	no data	no data
Cressida Hogg	Chairwomen	1.6yrs	UK£486.00k	0.00046% £ 185.2k
Nicole Piasecki	Senior Independent Director	5yrs	UK£163.00k	0.00010% £ 40.3k
Stephen Pearce	Independent Non-Executive Director	5yrs	UK£121.00k	0.00033% £ 132.9k
Dame Elizabeth Pauline Corley	Independent Non-Executive Director	8.3yrs	UK£123.00k	0.00063% £ 253.7k
Ewan Kirk	Non-Executive Director	3yrs	UK£134.00k	0.00033% £ 132.9k
Philippa Back	Deputy Chairman of Advisory Board on Tanzania	13yrs	no data	no data
Nicholas Anderson	Non-Executive Director	3.6yrs	UK£118.00k	0.00047% £ 189.3k
Jane Griffiths	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.2yrs	UK£15.00k	0.00034% £ 136.9k

4.6yrs

Average Tenure

61.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: BAL's board of directors are considered experienced (4.6 years average tenure).

BAE Systems Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

BAE Systems plc Announces Company Secretary Changes

BAE Systems plc Announces Changes to Membership of Board Committees, Effective January 1, 2024

BAE Systems plc Announces Board Changes

BAE Systems plc Appoints Angus Cockburn as A Non-Executive Director, Effective 6 November 2023

BAE Systems plc, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024

BAE Systems plc Appoints Elaine Luria to Its Board of Directors

Recent updates

BAE Systems Showcases Modularity of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle with New Prototype At Eurosatory

BAE Systems plc Announces Company Secretary Changes

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.18 per share

BAE Systems plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Aug 01, 2024

Final dividend increased to UK£0.18

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.61 (vs UK£0.51 in FY 2022)

Now 20% undervalued

BAE Systems plc (LSE:BA.) acquired Malloy Aeronautics Ltd.

Baes Systems, Inc. Completes Critical Design Review Program to Design and Manufacture Advanced Military Gps Receives $247 Million Contract from the U.S. Space Force

BAE Systems plc Announces Changes to Membership of Board Committees, Effective January 1, 2024

BAE Systems Unveils ADAPT Virtual Environment to Advance Mission Outcomes

Bae Systems plc Reaffirms Group Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 December 2023

BAE Systems plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 21, 2024

BAE Systems plc Announces Board Changes

BAE Systems plc Appoints Angus Cockburn as A Non-Executive Director, Effective 6 November 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.12 per share at 2.6% yield

BAE Systems plc announced that it has received $1.93364 million in funding

Bae Systems plc Announces Debut of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle At DSEI

BAE Systems Reportedly in Discussions to Acquire Ball's $4 Billion Aerospace Division

BAE Systems plc Revises Group Earnings Guidance for the Year Ending 31 December 2023

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.32 (vs UK£0.20 in 1H 2022)

BAE Systems plc, Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024

BAE Systems' PHASA-35 Completes First Successful Stratospheric Flight

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

BAE Systems Launches Technology Partner Program for Core National Security Missions

BAE Systems plc Appoints Elaine Luria to Its Board of Directors

BAE Systems plc announced that it has received $1.553591 million in funding

BAE Systems plc Announces Board Changes

BAE Systems plc Announces Final Dividend for the Full Year 2023, Payable on 1 June 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.17 per share at 2.6% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.51 (vs UK£0.55 in FY 2021)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.51 (vs UK£0.55 in FY 2021)

BAE Systems Demonstrates Effectiveness of APKWS Against Agile, High-Speed Military Drones

BAE Systems plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

BAE Systems APKWS Laser-Guidance Kits Bring the Heat Against Armored Vehicles

BAE Systems plc to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 23, 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.10 per share

Bae Systems Viper Memory Loader Verifier II Will Improve F-16 Maintenance Cybersecurity

BAE Systems plc announced that it has received $7.437897 million in funding

BAE Systems Set to Launch Low Earth Orbit Satellite Cluster to Provide Secure Digital Military Intelligence from 2024

BAE Systems plc Appoints Guy Montminy as Its Senior Vice President for Finance, Effective Sept. 5, 2022

BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

BAE Systems plc Unveils Latest Deployable Networking Product, NetVIPRTM

First half 2022 earnings released

BAE Systems plc (LSE:BA.) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 314,658,597 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on May 5, 2022.

Bae Systems plc Announces Interim Dividend of 2022

Now 21% undervalued

Symphony Innovation, LLC agreed to acquire NetReveal from BAE Systems plc (LSE:BA.).

BAE Systems plc Announces Lord Sedwillto Join the Board as A Non-Executive Director

BAE Systems plc unveils Its Newest Advanced M-Code GPS Receiver for Guided Weapons and Other Small Applications, Enabling Precise Geolocation and Strike Capabilities in Highly Contested Battlespaces

BAE Systems plc to Showcase Combat Vehicles and Advanced Defense Technologies During Eurosatory

BAE Systems plc Announces Management Changes

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.15 per share

BAE Systems plc announced that it has received $83.589385 million in funding

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Hires Maria Hedden as New Chief Operating Officer

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.55 (vs UK£0.41 in FY 2020)

BAE Systems plc Appoints Nicole Piasecki as Chair of the Remuneration Committee, Effective May 5, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

BAE Systems plc Provides Group Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ending 31 December 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

BAE Systems plc Provides Group Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ending 31 December 2022

BAE Systems plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Full Year Ended 31 December 2021, Payable on 1 June 2022

BAE Systems Launches Next-Generation Power and Propulsion System to Help Marine Operators Reach Zero Emissions

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.099 per share

BAE Systems plc (LSE:BA.) acquired In-Space Missions Limited.

BAE Systems Unveils M-Code Military GPS Receiver

CEO Compensation Analysis

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