QinetiQ Group's CEO is Steve Wadey, appointed in Apr 2015, has a tenure of 11.17 years. total yearly compensation is £1.57M, comprised of 45.9% salary and 54.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.2% of the company’s shares, worth $6.52M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.2 years and 4.8 years respectively.
Key information
Steve Wadey
Chief executive officer
UK£1.6m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
45.85%
CEO tenure
11.2yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
2.2yrs
Board average tenure
4.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Steve Wadey's remuneration changed compared to QinetiQ Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
UK£108m
Dec 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£51m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£210m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£198m
Mar 31 2025
UK£2m
UK£719k
-UK£186m
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-UK£23m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£139m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£139m
Mar 31 2024
UK£3m
UK£689k
UK£140m
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£124m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£108m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£131m
Mar 31 2023
UK£2m
UK£664k
UK£154m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£166m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£178m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£134m
Mar 31 2022
UK£2m
UK£639k
UK£90m
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£80m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£70m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£96m
Mar 31 2021
UK£3m
UK£512k
UK£122m
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£120m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£118m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£112m
Mar 31 2020
UK£2m
UK£610k
UK£106m
Compensation vs Market: Steve's total compensation ($USD2.09M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD7.00M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Steve's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Steve Wadey (57 yo)
11.2yrs
Tenure
UK£1,568,000
Compensation
Mr. Steve Wadey serves as Group CEO & Executive Director at QinetiQ Group plc since October 2021. He served as Chief Executive Officer of QinetiQ Group plc since April 27, 2015 until October 2021 and is re...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Steve Wadey
Group CEO & Executive Director
11.2yrs
UK£1.57m
0.20% $ 6.5m
Martin Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
2.4yrs
UK£495.86k
0.020% $ 652.9k
Iain Stevenson
Chief Operating Officer
1.9yrs
no data
no data
Stephen Lamacraft
Interim Group Investor Relations Director
no data
no data
no data
James Field
Group Director Legal & Company Secretary
3.9yrs
no data
no data
Meg Hunt
Chief People Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Vicky Weise
Chief Enterprise Services Officer
no data
no data
no data
James Willis
Chief Executive of UK Intelligence
no data
no data
no data
Stephen Iwicki
Executive VP of C5ISR Business - QinetiQ US
4.1yrs
no data
no data
Will Blamey
Chief Executive of UK Defence
2.2yrs
no data
no data
Lindsay Walls
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
1.4yrs
no data
no data
Gordon Barr
Chief Growth Officer
1.4yrs
no data
no data
2.2yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: QNTQ.F's management team is considered experienced (2.2 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Steve Wadey
Group CEO & Executive Director
11.2yrs
UK£1.57m
0.20% $ 6.5m
Neil Johnson
Non-Executive Group Chair
7.2yrs
UK£283.00k
0.019% $ 627.8k
Roger Krone
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.4yrs
UK£21.00k
no data
Steven Mogford
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
3.8yrs
UK£77.00k
no data
Shonaid Christina Jemmett-Page
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.1yrs
UK£77.00k
0.0014% $ 44.0k
Dina Knight
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.3yrs
UK£64.00k
no data
Gordon Messenger
Independent Non-executive Director
5.7yrs
UK£77.00k
0.0023% $ 75.0k
Ezinne Uzo-Okoro
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.6yrs
UK£31.00k
no data
4.8yrs
Average Tenure
66yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: QNTQ.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/08 08:20
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/05 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2026/03/31
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Analyst Sources
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