Darktrace Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Darktrace's CEO is Poppy Gustafsson, appointed in Jan 2016, has a tenure of 7.25 years. directly owns 0.69% of the company’s shares, worth MX$283.25M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.2 years and 2 years respectively.

Key information

Poppy Gustafsson

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	n/a
CEO tenure	7.3yrs
CEO ownership	0.7%
Management average tenure	3.2yrs
Board average tenure	2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO

Poppy Gustafsson

7.3yrs

Tenure

Ms. Poppy. C.V. Gustafsson, OBE serves as Chief Executive Officer at Darktrace plc since 2016 and has served as its Director since April 1, 2021. She serves as Executive Director of Darktrace plc. She is C...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Poppy Gustafsson	CEO & Executive Director	7.3yrs	no data	0.69% $ 283.3m
Jack Stockdale	Co-Founder & CTO	no data	no data	0.60% $ 245.6m
Catherine Graham	CFO & Executive Director	3.2yrs	no data	0.27% $ 109.6m
Nick Trim	Chief Operations Officer	3.3yrs	no data	0.73% $ 301.4m
Luk Janssens	Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
James Sporle	General Counsel & Company Secretary	2yrs	no data	no data
Nicole Eagan	Chief Strategy Officer & AI Officer	2.8yrs	no data	1.92% $ 790.9m
Eloy Avila	Chief Technology Officer of Americas	no data	no data	no data
Mike Beck	Global CISO	3.3yrs	no data	no data
Al Martin	Senior Vice President of Customer Success	no data	no data	0.015% $ 6.2m
Toby Lewis	Head of Threat Analysis	no data	no data	no data
David Mata	Senior VP & Global Head of Incident Management	no data	no data	no data

3.2yrs

Average Tenure

Experienced Management: DARK N's management team is considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Poppy Gustafsson	CEO & Executive Director	2yrs	no data	0.69% $ 283.3m
Catherine Graham	CFO & Executive Director	2.1yrs	no data	0.27% $ 109.6m
Robert Webb	Member of Advisory Council	no data	no data	no data
Peter Bonfield	Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	no data	0.0075% $ 3.1m
Paul Harrison	Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	no data	0.0075% $ 3.1m
Gordon Hurst	Independent Non-Executive Chairman	3.7yrs	no data	0.13% $ 52.0m
Johannes Sikkens	Non-Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	no data	no data
Alan Wade	Member of Advisory Council	no data	no data	no data
Stephen Shanley	Non-Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	no data	no data
David Willetts	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director	2yrs	no data	0.0075% $ 3.1m
Nick Jennings	Member of Advisory Council	no data	no data	no data
David Palmer	Member of Advisory Council	no data	no data	no data

2.0yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DARK N's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Darktrace Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Darktrace plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

Darktrace plc Appoints Paula Hansen as President and Chief Revenue Officer

Darktrace plc Announces Management Changes

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

Darktrace plc Announces Executive Changes

Darktrace plc, Annual General Meeting, Dec 07, 2023

Recent updates

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

Darktrace plc Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

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

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

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.

Darktrace plc Revises Earnings Guidance for Fiscal Year 2024

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

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

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

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

Darktrace plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024

Darktrace Announces the Launch of Darktrace Heal

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

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

Darktrace plc Announces Availability of PREVENT/OT™

CEO & Executive Director recently bought Mex$2.5m worth of stock

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 Mex$3.4m worth of stock

Darktrace plc Revises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

Chief Strategy Officer & AI Officer recently sold Mex$116m worth of stock

Co-Founder & CTO recently sold Mex$36m worth of stock

High number of new and inexperienced directors

CFO & Executive Director recently bought Mex$4.3m worth of stock

CEO & Executive Director recently bought Mex$2.7m worth of stock

Darktrace plc, Annual General Meeting, Nov 03, 2022

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.002 (vs US$0.29 loss in FY 2021)

Now 33% undervalued

Thoma Bravo Reportedly in Talks to Buy Darktrace

Darktrace plc Announces Management Changes

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Forecast to breakeven in 2025

Darktrace Adds Early Warning System to Antigena Email

High number of new and inexperienced directors

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Darktrace plc Provides Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director recently sold Mex$145m worth of stock

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Darktrace plc Increases Revenue Guidance for the Year 2022

Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) entered into an agreement to acquire Cybersprint B.V. for €47.5 million.

Darktrace plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Mar 03, 2022

Darktrace plc Revises Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

Darktrace plc(LSE:DARK) dropped from FTSE 100 Index

Darktrace plc (LSE:DARK) announces an Equity Buyback for 4,000,000 shares, for £30 million.

Independent Non-Executive Chairman recently bought Mex$4.1m worth of stock

High number of new and inexperienced directors

Darktrace plc Announces Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022

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