M&C Saatchi Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

M&C Saatchi's CEO is Zaid Al-Qassab, appointed in May 2024, has a tenure of less than a year. directly owns 0.044% of the company’s shares, worth £103.86K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.2 years and 1.1 years respectively.

Key information

Zaid Al-Qassab

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.04%
Management average tenure	2.2yrs
Board average tenure	1.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO & Director Moray MacLennan Just Bought 160,056% More Shares In M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)

Feb 06

Is M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA) Potentially Undervalued?

Dec 08

CEO

Zaid Al-Qassab

less than a year

Tenure

Mr. Zaid Al-Qassab serves as Chief Executive Officer of M&C Saatchi plc since May 13, 2024 and serves as its Director since May 16, 2024. He served as Chief Brand and Marketing Officer at BT Group plc sinc...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Zaid Al-Qassab	CEO & Director	less than a year	no data	0.044% £ 103.9k
Charles Saatchi	Founder & Partner	no data	no data	no data
Simon Jeremy Fuller	CFO & Director	less than a year	no data	0.029% £ 69.9k
Mark Dickinson-Keen	Chief People & Operations Officer	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Victoria Clarke	General Counsel & Company Secretary	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Richard Storey	Chief Strategy Officer	no data	no data	no data
Richard Alford	Joint Managing Director	17.6yrs	no data	no data
Wendy Dixon	Chief Growth Officer	no data	no data	no data
Laurence Thomson	Joint Global Chief Creative Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Rob Doubal	Joint Global Chief Creative Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Jane Boardman	Chief Executive of Talk PR - Subsidiary	no data	no data	no data
Richard Morewood	Chief Executive Officer of Asia	8.1yrs	no data	no data

2.2yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: SAA's management team is considered experienced (2.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Zaid Al-Qassab	CEO & Director	less than a year	no data	0.044% £ 103.9k
Simon Jeremy Fuller	CFO & Director	less than a year	no data	0.029% £ 69.9k
Colin Jones	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.8yrs	UK£75.00k	0.031% £ 73.2k
Christopher Sweetland	Non-Executive Director	1.4yrs	UK£27.00k	0.037% £ 87.3k
Georgina Harvey	Non-Executive Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Zillah Byng-Thorne	Non-Executive Chair	1.4yrs	UK£944.61k	0.20% £ 472.5k
Heather Rabbatts	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Louise Jackson	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.7yrs	UK£75.00k	no data

1.1yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SAA's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.1 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

M&C Saatchi Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

CEO & Director recently bought UK£100k worth of stock

M&C Saatchi plc Announces Board and Committee Changes

Less than half of directors are independent

M&C Saatchi plc Appoints Simon Fuller as Member of the Board, Effective 1 July 2024

M&C Saatchi plc, Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

M&C Saatchi plc Appoints Zaid Al-Qassab as Chief Executive Officer, Effective May 13, 2024

Recent updates

CEO & Director recently bought UK£100k worth of stock

Why M&C Saatchi's (LON:SAA) Earnings Are Better Than They Seem

M&C Saatchi plc Announces Board and Committee Changes

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.066 (vs UK£0.052 loss in 1H 2023)

M&C Saatchi plc Declares Final Dividend for the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023

M&C Saatchi plc to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Sep 18, 2024

Less than half of directors are independent

M&C Saatchi plc Appoints Simon Fuller as Member of the Board, Effective 1 July 2024

M&C Saatchi plc Approves Final Dividend

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.016 per share

M&C Saatchi plc, Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

The local leadership team of Cometis, Australie, and M&C Saatchi Little Stories agreed to acquire an unknown minority stake in Cometis SARL, Australie SAS and M&C Saatchi Little Stories SAS from M&C Saatchi plc (AIM:SAA) for €1 million.

M&C Saatchi plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Apr 10, 2024

Price target increased by 13% to UK£2.15

M&C Saatchi plc Appoints Zaid Al-Qassab as Chief Executive Officer, Effective May 13, 2024

M&C Saatchi plc Announces Appointment of Dame Heather Rabbatts as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board

M&C Saatchi plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ended 31 December 2023

Management team, including Max Bon de Veire, Linda Elers and Daniel Sundin, directors of M&C Saatchi Sweden acquired M&C Saatchi Ab and M&C Saatchi Spencer Hong Kong Limited from M&C Saatchi plc (AIM:SAA).

Executive Chair recently bought UK£89k worth of stock

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.052 loss per share (vs UK£0.034 loss in 1H 2022)

M&C Saatchi plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Sep 14, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

M&C Saatchi plc Announces the Retirement of Moray MacLennan as Chief Executive Officer, Effective 30 September 2023

Price target decreased by 19% to UK£2.13

M&C Saatchi plc Announces Confirmation of Director Appointments

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.015 per share at 0.9% yield

Full year 2022 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Price target increased by 8.7% to UK£2.50

High number of new and inexperienced directors

M&C Saatchi plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year Ended December 31, 2022

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc (AIM:NFC) cancelled the acquisition of M&C Saatchi plc (AIM : SAA) from AdvancedAdvT Limited (LSE:ADVT), Independent Directors and others.

Price target increased to UK£2.47

High number of new and inexperienced directors

M&C Saatchi plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Sep 07, 2022

AdvancedAdvT Limited (LSE:ADVT) cancelled the acquisition of M&C Saatchi plc (AIM:SAA) from Paradice Investment Management LLC and others

M&C Saatchi plc, Annual General Meeting, Jun 30, 2022

Consensus forecasts updated

Next Fifteen Communications Group plc (AIM:NFC) made an offer to acquire M&C Saatchi plc (AIM:SAA) from AdvancedAdvT Limited (LSE:ADVT), Independent Directors and others approximately £300 million.

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.10 (vs UK£0.091 loss in FY 2020)

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Is Now The Time To Look At Buying M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)?

High number of new and inexperienced directors

M&C Saatchi Receives A Preliminary Approach from AdvancedAdvT

AdvancedAdvT Limited (LSE:ADVT) acquired 9.82% stake in M&C Saatchi plc (AIM:SAA) for £24 million.

Investors Could Be Concerned With M&C Saatchi's (LON:SAA) Returns On Capital

Price target increased to UK£2.17

Is M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA) Trading At A 28% Discount?

Full year 2020 earnings released: UK£0.091 loss per share (vs UK£0.13 loss in FY 2019)

Investors Could Be Concerned With M&C Saatchi's (LON:SAA) Returns On Capital

Consensus forecasts updated

Price target increased to UK£2.11

Full year 2020 earnings released

M&C Saatchi plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2021

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)

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New 90-day high: UK£1.59

M&C Saatchi plc Announces the Appointment of Vinodka (Vin) Murria OBE as A Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair of the Board

M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA): Are Investors Overlooking Returns On Capital?

Board Member recently bought UK£64k worth of stock

CEO & Director recently bought UK£500k worth of stock

CEO & Director Moray MacLennan Just Bought 160,056% More Shares In M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA)

New 90-day high: UK£0.98

M&C Saatchi plc Confirms the Appointment of Moray MacLennan as Chief Executive Officer

M&C Saatchi plc Announces Directorate Changes

Is M&C Saatchi plc (LON:SAA) Potentially Undervalued?

M&C Saatchi plc to Report Fiscal Year 2019 Results on Dec 04, 2020