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Darktrace Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Jill Popelka

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	n/a
Management average tenure	1yrs
Board average tenure	3.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Jill Popelka

less than a year

Tenure

Ms. Jill Popelka was Chief Operations Officer of Darktrace Holdings Limited from 2024 to September 2024 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer from September 2024. She is CEO & Director of Darktrace plc...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Catherine Graham	CFO & Executive Director	4.7yrs	US$976.72k	0.25% £ 9.3m
Poppy Clare Gustafsson	Executive Director	less than a year	US$2.11m	0.64% £ 23.7m
Jill Popelka	CEO, COO & Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Jack Stockdale	Co-Founder & CTO	no data	no data	0.75% £ 27.7m
Luk Janssens	Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
James Sporle	General Counsel & Company Secretary	3.3yrs	no data	no data
John Allen	Vice President of Cyber Risk & Compliance	less than a year	no data	no data
Chris Kozup	Chief Marketing Officer	1.3yrs	no data	no data
David Smith	Chief People Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Nicole Eagan	Chief Strategy Officer & AI Officer	4.3yrs	no data	1.75% £ 65.2m
Eloy Avila	Chief Technology Officer of Americas	less than a year	no data	no data
Mike Beck	Global CISO	4.8yrs	no data	no data

1.0yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: DARK's management team is not considered experienced ( 1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Catherine Graham	CFO & Executive Director	3.6yrs	US$976.72k	0.25% £ 9.3m
Poppy Clare Gustafsson	Executive Director	3.5yrs	US$2.11m	0.64% £ 23.7m
Jill Popelka	CEO, COO & Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Peter Bonfield	Independent Non-Executive Director	3.5yrs	US$111.76k	0.0076% £ 282.6k
Paul Harrison	Independent Non-Executive Director	3.5yrs	US$120.77k	0.0076% £ 282.6k
Gordon Hurst	Independent Non-Executive Chairman	5.2yrs	US$279.14k	0.11% £ 4.1m
Johannes Sikkens	Non-Independent Non-Executive Director	3.5yrs	no data	no data
Stephen Shanley	Non-Independent Non-Executive Director	3.5yrs	no data	no data
David Willetts	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director	3.5yrs	US$109.60k	0.0076% £ 282.6k
Elaine Bucknor	Independent Non-Executive Director	1.3yrs	US$6.35k	no data
Paula Hansen	Independent Non-Executive Director	less than a year	no data	no data

3.5yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DARK's board of directors are considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/10/01 00:50
End of Day Share Price	2024/10/01 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/06/30

Data Sources

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Darktrace plc is covered by 12 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Victor Cheng	BofA Global Research
Rahul Chopra	HSBC
Charles Brennan	Jefferies LLC

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Darktrace Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Darktrace plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

CEO & Executive Director recently sold UK£1.3m worth of stock

Insider recently sold UK£2.1m worth of stock

Darktrace plc Appoints Paula Hansen as President and Chief Revenue Officer

Darktrace plc Announces Management Changes

Insider recently sold UK£12m worth of stock

Recent updates

Darktrace Confirms Cancellation of Shares Admission to Trading on Main Market of LSE, Effective October 2, 2024

Thoma Bravo, L.P. completed the acquisition of Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) from KKR Dark Aggregator, Summit partners.

Cancellation of Listing and Admission to Trading of Darktrace Shares Expected on 2 October 2024

Darktrace plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

CEO & Executive Director recently sold UK£1.3m worth of stock

Darktrace plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2024

Insider recently sold UK£2.1m worth of stock

Darktrace plc Appoints Paula Hansen as President and Chief Revenue Officer

Darktrace plc(LSE:DARK) dropped from FTSE 250 Index

Darktrace Launches Managed Detection & Response Service to Bolster Security Operations

Darktrace plc Announces Management Changes

Insider recently sold UK£12m worth of stock

Price target increased by 7.3% to UK£6.25

Thoma Bravo, L.P. agreed to acquire Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) from KKR Dark Aggregator, Summit partners for $5.31 billion in a Scheme of arrangement transaction.

Thoma Bravo, L.P. agreed to acquire Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) from KKR Dark Aggregator, Summit partners for $5.31 billion in a Scheme of arrangement transaction.

Price target increased by 7.5% to UK£5.96

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Price target increased by 10% to UK£5.83

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 12%

Darktrace plc Revises Earnings Guidance for Fiscal Year 2024

Darktrace Transforms Security Operations and Improves Cyber Resilience with Launch of Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform

Chief Strategy Officer & AI Officer recently sold UK£3.9m worth of stock

Now 20% undervalued

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 63%

First half 2024 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Darktrace plc Appoints David Smith as Chief People Officer, Effective April 15, 2024

CEO & Executive Director recently sold UK£270k worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 12%

Darktrace plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Mar 07, 2024

Co-Founder & CTO exercised options and sold UK£1.8m worth of stock

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

CEO & Executive Director recently sold UK£355k worth of stock

Darktrace plc Announces Executive Changes

Darktrace plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 07, 2023

Darktrace Unveils New Cloud-Native Security Solution Using AI to Provide Real-Time Cyber Resilience for Cloud Environments

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 26%

Darktrace plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Darktrace Announces the Launch of Darktrace Heal

Chief Strategy Officer & AI Officer recently sold UK£2.3m worth of stock

Price target increased by 8.1% to UK£4.59

Consensus EPS estimates upgraded to US$0.022 loss

Darktrace plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Sep 06, 2023

New minor risk - Share price stability

Darktrace Announces the Launch of New Risk and Compliance Models

Darktrace plc Appoints Chris Kozup as Chief Marketing Officer, Effective from on June 6, 2023

Darktrace Appoints Dan Monahan as Senior Vice President of Its Global Partner Organization

Darktrace plc Appoints Elaine Bucknor as Non-Executive Director with Effect from 1 June, 2023

Consensus EPS estimates upgraded to US$0.025 loss

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 11%

First half 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.001 (vs US$0.006 in 1H 2022)

Darktrace plc Announces Availability of PREVENT/OT™

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 19%

CEO & Executive Director recently bought UK£108k worth of stock

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 15%

Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) commences an Equity Buyback for 7,181,838 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization granted on November 3, 2022.

Darktrace plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Mar 08, 2023

Co-Founder & CTO recently bought UK£146k worth of stock

Consensus forecasts updated

Darktrace plc Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Chief Strategy Officer & AI Officer recently sold UK£5.0m worth of stock

Price target decreased to UK£5.08

Co-Founder & CTO recently sold UK£1.6m worth of stock

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Consensus forecasts updated

CFO & Executive Director recently bought UK£190k worth of stock

Price target decreased to UK£5.53