Costain Group's CEO is Alex Vaughan, appointed in Oct 2006, has a tenure of 18.83 years. total yearly compensation is £2.44M, comprised of 20.6% salary and 79.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.21% of the company’s shares, worth $1.28M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 3.3 years respectively.
Key information
Alex Vaughan
Chief executive officer
UK£2.4m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
20.63%
CEO tenure
18.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
3.3yrs
Board average tenure
3.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Alex Vaughan's remuneration changed compared to Costain Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2024
UK£2m
UK£504k
UK£31m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£31m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£31m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£26m
Dec 31 2023
UK£1m
UK£463k
UK£22m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£22m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£22m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£24m
Dec 31 2022
UK£1m
UK£443k
UK£26m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£10m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-UK£6m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
-UK£6m
Dec 31 2021
UK£976k
UK£431k
-UK£6m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£200k
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£6m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£36m
Dec 31 2020
UK£448k
UK£393k
-UK£78m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£82m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£85m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£44m
Dec 31 2019
UK£453k
UK£275k
-UK£3m
Compensation vs Market: Alex's total compensation ($USD3.31M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.70M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Alex's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Alex Vaughan (56 yo)
18.8yrs
Tenure
UK£2,443,512
Compensation
Mr. Alexander John Vaughan, also known as Alex, BSc (Hons), FRICS, FICE, MRICS, Dip IoD, FIoD, has been the Chief Executive Officer and Director at Costain Group Plc since May 7, 2019 and has been its Memb...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Alexander Vaughan
CEO, Member of Group Executive Board & Director
18.8yrs
UK£2.44m
0.21% $ 1.3m
Helen Willis
CFO, Member Executive Board & Executive Director
4.8yrs
UK£2.04m
0.095% $ 570.4k
Catherine Warbrick
Chief People & Sustainability Officer and Member of Executive Board
5.9yrs
no data
no data
Sam White
MD of Natural Resources & Member of Executive Board
3.6yrs
no data
no data
Nicole Geoghegan
General Counsel
3.1yrs
no data
no data
Jonathan Willcock
Managing Director of Transportation & Member of Executive Board
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Paul Morris
Group Commercial Director & Member of Executive Board
1.1yrs
no data
no data
Abida Lalani
Director of Strategy and Transformation & Member of Management Board
2.8yrs
no data
no data
Paul Sharma
Director of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: CTNG.Y's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Alexander Vaughan
CEO, Member of Group Executive Board & Director
6.3yrs
UK£2.44m
0.21% $ 1.3m
Helen Willis
CFO, Member Executive Board & Executive Director
4.8yrs
UK£2.04m
0.095% $ 570.4k
Steven Mogford
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.8yrs
UK£53.18k
no data
Anthony Quinlan
Senior Independent Director
4.5yrs
UK£72.20k
0.0094% $ 56.2k
Kate Harriet Rock
Non-Executive & Independent Chairman
2.8yrs
UK£200.85k
0.037% $ 224.7k
Fiona MacAulay
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.3yrs
UK£63.48k
no data
Amanda Fisher
Independent Non-Executive Director & Workforce Engagement Director
1.7yrs
UK£53.18k
no data
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: CTNG.Y's board of directors are considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2025/08/16 05:37
End of Day Share Price
2025/05/20 00:00
Earnings
2024/12/31
Annual Earnings
2024/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Costain Group PLC is covered by 14 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.