Coats Group's CEO is David Paja, appointed in Oct 2024, has a tenure of 1.58 years. total yearly compensation is $2.29K, comprised of 42.9% salary and 57.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.072% of the company’s shares, worth $1.53M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 3.1 years respectively.
Key information
David Paja
Chief executive officer
US$2.3k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
42.91%
CEO tenure
1.6yrs
CEO ownership
0.07%
Management average tenure
4.8yrs
Board average tenure
3.1yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has David Paja's remuneration changed compared to Coats Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
US$2k
US$983
US$119m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$115m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$84m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$82m
Dec 31 2024
US$3m
US$300k
US$107m
Compensation vs Market: David's total compensation ($USD2.29K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.52M).
Compensation vs Earnings: David's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
David Paja (55 yo)
1.6yrs
Tenure
US$2,290
Compensation
Mr. David Paja is Group CEO & Executive Director of Coats Group plc from October 1, 2024. Mr. Paja was Executive Director of Coats Group plc from September 1, 2024 to October 1, 2024. Mr. Paja joined the C...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Paja
Group CEO & Executive Director
1.6yrs
US$2.29k
0.072% $ 1.5m
Hannah Nichols
Group CFO & Executive Director
1yr
US$1.10k
0.0081% $ 173.3k
Pasquale Abruzzese
Footwear CEO & Chief Operating Officer
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Stuart Morgan
Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Group Company Secretary
11.7yrs
no data
no data
Megan Giannini
Chief People Officer
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Adrian Elliott
Apparel CEO & Group Chief Commercial Officer
9.3yrs
no data
no data
Shantanu Banerjee
Group Head of Innovation
8.1yrs
no data
no data
Victoria Huxster
Head of Investor Relations (Leave of Absence)
no data
no data
no data
Bryan Whitfield
Global Head of Sales of Footwear Division
no data
no data
no data
Frank Bottcher
Managing Director of Structural Components
no data
no data
no data
Christopher Dearing
Group Sustainability Director
no data
no data
no data
Shantanu Banarjee
President of Performance Materials
9.3yrs
no data
no data
4.8yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: CGGG.F's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Paja
Group CEO & Executive Director
1.7yrs
US$2.29k
0.072% $ 1.5m
Hannah Nichols
Group CFO & Executive Director
1.1yrs
US$1.10k
0.0081% $ 173.3k
Stephen Murray
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
3.7yrs
US$115.93
0.0073% $ 154.4k
Jakob Sigurdsson
Independent Non-Executive Director
5.6yrs
US$97.06
0.0057% $ 121.9k
David Gosnell
Independent Chairman of the Board
11.2yrs
US$351.83
0.10% $ 2.2m
Wu Gang
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
US$47.18
0.0031% $ 64.9k
Frances Philip
Designated Director for Workforce Engagement & Independent Non-Executive Director
9.6yrs
US$117.28
0.0046% $ 98.9k
Hongyan Echo Lu
Independent Non-Executive Director
8.4yrs
US$113.23
0.0012% $ 25.3k
Srinivas Phatak
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.7yrs
US$95.71
0.0012% $ 25.3k
Sarah Highfield
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.5yrs
US$115.93
0.0038% $ 80.2k
3.1yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: CGGG.F's board of directors are considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/13 16:15
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/05 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Coats Group plc is covered by 19 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.