RELX Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

RELX's CEO is Erik Engstrom, appointed in Nov 2009, has a tenure of 15.08 years. total yearly compensation is £13.64M, comprised of 10.1% salary and 89.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.063% of the company’s shares, worth £42.52M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 10.3 years and 5.3 years respectively.

Key information

Erik Engstrom

Chief executive officer

UK£13.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage10.1%
CEO tenure15.1yrs
CEO ownership0.06%
Management average tenure10.3yrs
Board average tenure5.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Erik Engstrom's remuneration changed compared to RELX's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2024n/an/a

UK£2b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

UK£2b

Dec 31 2023UK£14mUK£1m

UK£2b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

UK£2b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

UK£2b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

UK£2b

Dec 31 2022UK£9mUK£1m

UK£2b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

UK£2b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

UK£2b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

UK£2b

Dec 31 2021UK£10mUK£1m

UK£1b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

UK£1b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

UK£1b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

UK£1b

Dec 31 2020UK£4mUK£1m

UK£1b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

UK£1b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

UK£1b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

UK£1b

Dec 31 2019UK£9mUK£1m

UK£2b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

UK£2b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

UK£2b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

UK£1b

Dec 31 2018UK£9mUK£1m

UK£1b

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

UK£2b

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

UK£2b

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

UK£2b

Dec 31 2017UK£9mUK£1m

UK£2b

Compensation vs Market: Erik's total compensation ($USD17.08M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.75M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Erik's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Erik Engstrom (61 yo)

15.1yrs

Tenure

UK£13,638,000

Compensation

Mr. Erik Engstrom is CEO & Executive Director of RELX Group plc. He is Chief Executive Officer of RELX Group plc since November 2009 and is Director since August 23, 2004. Mr. Engstrom joined the RELX Grou...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Erik Engstrom
CEO & Executive Director15.1yrsUK£13.64m0.063%
£ 42.5m
Nicholas Luff
CFO & Executive Director10.3yrsUK£7.05m0.015%
£ 10.4m
Kumsal Besson
Chief Executive Officer of Scientific5.9yrsno datano data
Colin Tennant
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Henry Udow
Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary13.8yrsno data0.023%
£ 15.5m
Paul Abrahams
Head of Corporate Communicationsno datano datano data
Rosemary Thomson
Chief Human Resources Officer3.3yrsno datano data
Mark Kelsey
Chief Executive Officer of Risk12.9yrsno datano data
Jelena Sevo
Chief Strategy Officer5.9yrsno datano data
Michael Walsh
Chief Executive Officer of Legal13.9yrsno datano data
Hugh Jones
Chief Executive Officer of Exhibitions4.9yrsno datano data
Vijay Raghavan
Chief Technology Officer of Riskno datano datano data

10.3yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: RELL's management team is seasoned and experienced (10.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Erik Engstrom
CEO & Executive Director20.3yrsUK£13.64m0.063%
£ 42.5m
Nicholas Luff
CFO & Executive Director10.3yrsUK£7.05m0.015%
£ 10.4m
Andrew Sukawaty
Independent Non-Executive Director5.7yrsUK£121.00k0.0016%
£ 1.1m
June Felix
Independent Non-Executive Director4.2yrsUK£125.00k0.00040%
£ 268.5k
Paul Walker
Independent Chairman of the Board3.8yrsUK£650.88k0.00086%
£ 577.2k
Alistair Cox
Independent Non-Executive Director1.7yrsUK£88.78k0.00017%
£ 114.1k
Robert MacLeod
Independent Non-Executive Director8.7yrsUK£130.67k0.00037%
£ 248.4k
Suzanne Wood
Senior Independent Director7.3yrsUK£165.74k0.00027%
£ 181.2k
Charlotte Hogg
Independent Non-Executive Director5yrsUK£112.00k0.00026%
£ 174.5k
Bianca E. Tetteroo
Non-Executive Directorless than a yearno datano data

5.3yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: RELL's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/24 07:22
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

RELX PLC is covered by 47 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.

AnalystInstitution
Cor KluisABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Lionel PellicerAlphaValue
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research