Smiths Group's CEO is Roland Henry Carter, appointed in Mar 2024, has a tenure of 2.17 years. total yearly compensation is £4.38M, comprised of 22% salary and 78% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.062% of the company’s shares, worth $6.28M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.3 years and 2.4 years respectively.
Key information
Roland Henry Carter
Chief executive officer
UK£4.4m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
21.99%
CEO tenure
2.2yrs
CEO ownership
0.06%
Management average tenure
1.3yrs
Board average tenure
2.4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Roland Henry Carter's remuneration changed compared to Smiths Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Jan 31 2026
n/a
n/a
UK£247m
Oct 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£261m
Jul 31 2025
UK£4m
UK£964k
UK£274m
Jan 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£220m
Oct 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£221m
Jul 31 2024
UK£2m
UK£320k
UK£221m
Compensation vs Market: Roland Henry's total compensation ($USD5.89M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.80M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Roland Henry's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Roland Henry Carter (58 yo)
2.2yrs
Tenure
UK£4,383,000
Compensation
Mr. Roland Henry Clyne Carter had been President of Smiths Detection at Smiths Group plc since 2018 until March 26, 2024 & serves as it's CEO & Director since March 26, 2024 and was its President of Asia P...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Roland Henry Carter
CEO & Director
2.2yrs
UK£4.38m
0.062% $ 6.3m
Julian David Fagge
CFO & Executive Director
1.3yrs
UK£2.38m
0.013% $ 1.3m
Siobhan Andrews
Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
James Down
General Counsel & Company Secretary
2.9yrs
no data
no data
Kini Pathmanathan
Chief People
2.3yrs
no data
no data
Mike Stern
President of Flex-Tek Aerospace
less than a year
no data
no data
Chris Edwards
President of Flex-Tek Construction & Thermal Solutions
less than a year
no data
no data
Jerome de Chassey
President of Smiths Detection
no data
no data
no data
Ruben Alvarez
President of John Crane
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Ana da Veiga Morrás
Senior Investor Relations Manager
no data
no data
no data
1.3yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: SMGK.F's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Roland Henry Carter
CEO & Director
2.2yrs
UK£4.38m
0.062% $ 6.3m
Julian David Fagge
CFO & Executive Director
1.3yrs
UK£2.38m
0.013% $ 1.3m
Steven Williams
Independent Non Executive Chairman
2.7yrs
UK£479.00k
0.011% $ 1.1m
Alister Cowan
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.8yrs
UK£111.00k
0.0060% $ 604.0k
Simon Pryce
Independent Non-executive Director
1.3yrs
UK£52.00k
0.000020% $ 2.0k
Richard Howes
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.7yrs
UK£113.00k
0.0014% $ 145.7k
Dame Dowling
Senior Independent Director
7.7yrs
UK£104.00k
0.0019% $ 195.3k
Pam Cheng
Independent Non Executive Director
6.2yrs
UK£97.00k
0.0020% $ 201.3k
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
59.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: SMGK.F's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/23 16:51
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/20 00:00
Earnings
2026/01/31
Annual Earnings
2025/07/31
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Analyst Sources
Smiths Group plc is covered by 32 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.