SSE Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

SSE's CEO is Paul Morton Phillips-Davies, appointed in Jul 2013, has a tenure of 11.42 years. total yearly compensation is £3.53M, comprised of 28.3% salary and 71.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.041% of the company’s shares, worth £7.14M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.9 years and 4.4 years respectively.

Key information

Paul Morton Phillips-Davies

Chief executive officer

UK£3.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	28.3%
CEO tenure	11.4yrs
CEO ownership	0.04%
Management average tenure	6.9yrs
Board average tenure	4.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Paul Morton Phillips-Davies's remuneration changed compared to SSE's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Mar 31 2024	UK£4m	UK£999k	UK£2b
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£678m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£260m
Mar 31 2023	UK£5m	UK£952k	-UK£158m
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£433m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Mar 31 2022	UK£5m	UK£924k	UK£3b
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£3b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£3b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Mar 31 2021	UK£3m	UK£915k	UK£2b
Dec 31 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	UK£714m
Mar 31 2020	UK£2m	UK£890k	UK£420m
Dec 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£2b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£1b
Mar 31 2019	UK£2m	UK£890k	UK£1b
Dec 31 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£707m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£71m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	UK£360m
Mar 31 2018	UK£3m	UK£864k	UK£650m

Compensation vs Market: Paul Morton's total compensation ($USD4.43M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.77M).

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

CEO

Paul Morton Phillips-Davies (57 yo)

11.4yrs

Tenure

UK£3,525,000

Compensation

Mr. Paul Morton Alistair Phillips-Davies serves as Independent Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water Services Limited from November 23, 2022. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of SSE plc since July...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Paul Morton Phillips-Davies	CEO & Executive Director	11.4yrs	UK£3.53m	0.041% £ 7.1m
Barry O'regan	CFO & Executive Director	less than a year	UK£819.00k	0.0045% £ 790.7k
Martin Pibworth	Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Director	7.9yrs	UK£2.31m	0.016% £ 2.8m
Anthony Keeling	COO & Co-Head of Retail	no data	no data	no data
Elizabeth Tanner	General Counsel & Company Secretary	5.8yrs	no data	no data
John Stewart	Director of Human Resources	15.4yrs	no data	no data
Robert McDonald	Managing Director of SSEN Transmission	5.9yrs	no data	no data
Samuel Peacock	Managing Director of Corporate Affairs	no data	no data	no data
Finlay McCutcheon	Managing Director of SSE Thermal	less than a year	no data	no data
Neil Kirkby	Managing Director of Enterprise	7.9yrs	no data	no data
Ashar Khan	Head of the CIO Office	no data	no data	no data
Rachel McEwen	Chief Sustainability Officer	no data	no data	no data

6.9yrs

Average Tenure

52.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SSEL's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Paul Morton Phillips-Davies	CEO & Executive Director	22.9yrs	UK£3.53m	0.041% £ 7.1m
Barry O'regan	CFO & Executive Director	less than a year	UK£819.00k	0.0045% £ 790.7k
Martin Pibworth	Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Director	7.3yrs	UK£2.31m	0.016% £ 2.8m
John Bason	Independent Non-Executive Director	2.5yrs	UK£62.00k	0.00019% £ 33.5k
Helen Mahy	Senior Independent Director	8.8yrs	UK£90.00k	0.00030% £ 52.8k
Anthony Cocker	Independent Non-Executive Director	6.6yrs	UK£109.00k	0.00046% £ 81.0k
John Manzoni	Chairman of the Board	4.3yrs	UK£433.00k	0.00024% £ 42.3k
Deborah Crosbie	Independent Non-Executive Director	3.3yrs	UK£79.00k	0.00018% £ 31.7k
Angela Rosemary Strank	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.6yrs	UK£79.00k	0.00020% £ 35.2k
Maarten Wetselaar	Independent non-Executive Director	1.3yrs	UK£46.00k	0.00036% £ 63.4k
Melanie Smith	Independent Non-Executive Director	5.9yrs	UK£99.00k	0.00020% £ 35.2k
Elish Angiolini	Independent Non-Executive Director	3.3yrs	UK£96.00k	0.00018% £ 31.7k

4.4yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SSEL's board of directors are considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/22 21:22
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

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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

SSE plc is covered by 32 analysts. 15 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
Juan Rodriguez	AlphaValue
Dominic Nash	Barclays
Andrew Fisher	Berenberg

SSE Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Alistair Phillips-Davies Intends to Retire as Chief Executive of SSE plc

SSE plc Appoints Hixonia Nyasulu as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2025

SSE plc Announces Resignation of Helen Mahy as Senior Independent Director, Effective of 18 July 2025

SSE Thermal Appoints Finlay McCutcheon as the New Managing Director

High number of new directors

SSE plc Announces Directorate Change

Recent updates

Alistair Phillips-Davies Intends to Retire as Chief Executive of SSE plc

SSE plc to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on May 21, 2025

SSE plc Appoints Hixonia Nyasulu as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2025

SSE plc Announces Resignation of Helen Mahy as Senior Independent Director, Effective of 18 July 2025

SSE plc (LSE:SSE) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 109,345,335 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on July 18, 2024.

SSE plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 13, 2024

SSE plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2024, Payable on 19 September 2024

Final dividend of UK£0.40 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.57 (vs UK£0.15 loss in FY 2023)

SSE Thermal Appoints Finlay McCutcheon as the New Managing Director

High number of new directors

New minor risk - Earnings quality

SSE plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 22, 2024

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.28 (vs UK£0.40 loss in 1H 2023)

SSE plc Announces Directorate Change

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.68 per share at 5.4% yield

New minor risk - Insider selling

SSE plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ending 31 March 2023, Payable 21 September 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: UK£0.15 loss per share (vs UK£2.42 profit in FY 2022)

SSE plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 15, 2023

SSE plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Year ended 31 March 2023

SSE plc Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024/25 and 2025/26

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.29 per share

SSE Appoints Catherine Raw to Executive Committee

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has reached agreement to acquire a 25% stake in Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for £1.5 billion.

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.40 loss per share (vs UK£1.04 profit in 1H 2022)

SSE plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 20, 2023

SSE plc (LSE:SSE) announces an Equity Buyback for 106,767,170 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on July 21, 2022.

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.60 per share

SSE plc (LSE:SSE) and Equinor ASA (OB:EQNR) entered into an agreement to acquire Triton Power Holdings Ltd from Energy Capital Partners for a total consideration of £340 million.

SSE plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Nov 16, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£2.42 (vs UK£2.16 in FY 2021)

Sse plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ending March 31, 2022, Payable on September 22, 2022

Sse plc Appoints John Bason as Non-Executive Director, Effective from June 1, 2022

SSE Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Siemens Gamesa Wind Farm Unit

Now 20% undervalued

SSE plc Announces Interim Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.26 per share

Elliott Renews Push to Break Up SSE Plc

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS UK£1.04 (vs UK£0.63 in 1H 2021)

High number of new directors

High number of new directors

SSE Declares No Plans to Break Up

SSE Reportedly Close to Being Split Up After Activist Campaign

Elliott Management Demands the Break-Up of SSE Plc

SSE plc (LSE:SSE) acquired 50MW Battery Storage Asset of Harmony Energy Ltd from Harmony Energy Ltd.

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.57 per share

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£2.11 (vs UK£0.36 in FY 2020)

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£2.16 (vs UK£0.41 in FY 2020)

SSE plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 31, 2021, Payable on 23 September 2021

Chairman of the Board Richard Gillingwater has left the company

SSE plc Announces Retirement of Richard Gillingwater as the Chair and Director of the Board, Effective March 31, 2021

New 90-day low: UK£13.22

European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III managed by First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd completed the acquisition of 50% stake in 75 MW Multi-fuel facilities at Ferrybridge site and 45 MW facility at Skelton Grange in West Yorkshire from SSE plc (LSE:SSE).

New 90-day high: UK£15.96

RockRose Energy PLC agreed to acquire an unknown stake in Portfolio of gas exploration and production (E&P) assets in three regions in the North Sea from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for £120 million.

SSE plc to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 02, 2021

SSE plc Promotes Martin Pibworth to Its Newly Created Role of Group Energy and Commercial Director Effective 1 November 2020

SSE plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal 2021

SSE plc Announces Directorate Change

Equitix Limited signed an agreement to acquire Maple TopCo Limited from SSE plc (LSE:SSE), Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc.

Greencoat UK Wind PLC (LSE:UKW) managed by Greencoat Capital LLP agreed to acquire 25.1% stake in Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Limited from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for £350 million.

CEO Compensation Analysis

CEO

Tenure

Compensation