Hill & Smith's CEO is Rutger Helbing, appointed in Sep 2024, has a tenure of 1.83 years. total yearly compensation is £1.59M, comprised of 43% salary and 57% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.013% of the company’s shares, worth £281.41K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 2.2 years respectively.
Key information
Rutger Helbing
Chief executive officer
UK£1.6m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
42.99%
CEO tenure
1.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.01%
Management average tenure
2.3yrs
Board average tenure
2.2yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Rutger Helbing's remuneration changed compared to Hill & Smith's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
UK£2m
UK£683k
UK£83m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£82m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£81m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£79m
Dec 31 2024
UK£448k
UK£188k
UK£76m
Compensation vs Market: Rutger's total compensation ($USD2.13M) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD3.22M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Rutger's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Rutger Helbing (59 yo)
1.8yrs
Tenure
UK£1,589,576
Compensation
Mr. Rutger Albert Helbing is CEO, Member of Executive Board and Director of Hill & Smith PLC from September 19, 2024. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Tyman plc since January 2, 2024 un...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Rutger Helbing
CEO, Member of Executive Board & Director
1.8yrs
UK£1.59m
0.013% £ 281.4k
Christopher McLeish
CFO, Member of Executive Board & Executive Director
less than a year
UK£795.86k
0.0038% £ 84.8k
Joel Whitehouse
Corporate Development Director & Member of Executive Board
19.8yrs
no data
no data
Tim Tehan
Member of Executive Board & Group President of US
2.3yrs
no data
no data
Nick Adcock
Member of Executive Board & Group President of UK and India
2.3yrs
no data
0.020% £ 435.3k
Lucinda Farrington-Parker
Group Head of Sustainability
4.4yrs
no data
no data
Mark Else
Group Financial Controller
no data
no data
no data
Karen Atterbury
Group Company Secretary
1.9yrs
no data
no data
Mark Tonks
Managing Director of Hill & Smith Ltd and Varley & Gulliver Ltd
no data
no data
no data
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: HILSl's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Rutger Helbing
CEO, Member of Executive Board & Director
1.8yrs
UK£1.59m
0.013% £ 281.4k
Christopher McLeish
CFO, Member of Executive Board & Executive Director
less than a year
UK£795.86k
0.0038% £ 84.8k
Ellen Carol Chesney
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.5yrs
UK£71.00k
0.0013% £ 29.6k
Peter Raby
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.6yrs
UK£60.00k
0.0064% £ 141.3k
Anthony Quinlan
Senior Independent Non Executive Director
6.6yrs
UK£82.00k
0.0040% £ 87.6k
Nicholas Anderson
Non-Executive Chair of Board
less than a year
no data
no data
Farrokh Batliwala
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.3yrs
UK£60.50k
0.0051% £ 112.6k
Gillian Tomlinson
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.3yrs
UK£46.15k
no data
2.2yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: HILSl's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/08 09:14
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/08 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Hill & Smith PLC is covered by 15 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.