J Sainsbury Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

J Sainsbury's CEO is Simon Roberts, appointed in Jul 2017, has a tenure of 7.83 years. total yearly compensation is £4.91M, comprised of 19% salary and 81% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.049% of the company’s shares, worth $3.92M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.1 years and 4.8 years respectively.

Key information

Simon Roberts

Chief executive officer

UK£4.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage19.0%
CEO tenure7.8yrs
CEO ownership0.05%
Management average tenure2.1yrs
Board average tenure4.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Simon Roberts's remuneration changed compared to J Sainsbury's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 01 2025n/an/a

UK£420m

Dec 01 2024n/an/a

UK£383m

Sep 14 2024n/an/a

UK£175m

Jun 14 2024n/an/a

UK£156m

Mar 02 2024UK£5mUK£933k

UK£308m

Dec 02 2023n/an/a

UK£183m

Sep 16 2023n/an/a

UK£58m

Jun 16 2023n/an/a

UK£133m

Mar 04 2023UK£5mUK£899k

UK£207m

Dec 04 2022n/an/a

UK£396m

Sep 17 2022n/an/a

UK£584m

Jun 17 2022n/an/a

UK£631m

Mar 05 2022UK£4mUK£875k

UK£677m

Dec 05 2021n/an/a

UK£515m

Sep 18 2021n/an/a

UK£353m

Jun 18 2021n/an/a

UK£73m

Mar 06 2021UK£2mUK£673k

-UK£208m

Compensation vs Market: Simon's total compensation ($USD6.52M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.76M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Simon's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Simon Roberts (53 yo)

7.8yrs

Tenure

UK£4,912,000

Compensation

Mr. Simon John Roberts serves as CEO at Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd from June 01, 2020 and serves as its Director. He serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director at J Sainsbury plc since June 1, 2020 a...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Simon Roberts
CEO, Director & Chairman of Operating Board7.8yrsUK£4.91m0.049%
$ 3.9m
Blathnaid Bergin
CFO, Director & Member of Operating Board2.2yrsUK£2.38m0.019%
$ 1.5m
Clodagh Moriarty
Chief Retail & Technology Officer and Member of Operating Board2.1yrsno datano data
Mark Given
Chief Marketing5.8yrsno datano data
Patrick Dunne
Chief Property & Procurement Officerless than a yearno datano data
Graham Biggart
Managing Director Argos3.3yrsno datano data
Rhian Bartlett
Chief Commercial Officer & Member of Operating Board4.5yrsno datano data
Prerana Issar
Chief People Officer & Member of Operating Board1.8yrsno datano data
James Collins
Director of Investor Relations & Financial Planningno datano datano data
Nicolas Grant
General Counsel & Company Secretaryless than a yearno datano data
Ruth Cranston
Group Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainabilityno datano datano data
Robert Mulhall
CEO of Sainsbury's Bank plc1.2yrsno datano data

2.1yrs

Average Tenure

49.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: JSNS.F's management team is considered experienced (2.1 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Simon Roberts
CEO, Director & Chairman of Operating Board4.9yrsUK£4.91m0.049%
$ 3.9m
Blathnaid Bergin
CFO, Director & Member of Operating Board2.2yrsUK£2.38m0.019%
$ 1.5m
Adrian Hennah
Independent Non-Executive Director4.1yrsUK£93.00k0.00065%
$ 52.3k
Brian Cassin
Senior Independent Director9.1yrsUK£93.00k0.0011%
$ 87.8k
Martin Scicluna
Independent Non-Executive Chairman6.5yrsUK£513.00k0.00065%
$ 52.3k
Keith Charles Weed
Independent Non-Executive Director4.8yrsUK£106.00k0.00011%
$ 8.9k
Jo Harlow
Independent Non-Executive Director7.7yrsUK£94.00k0.00035%
$ 28.2k
Helen Normoyle
Independent Non-Executive Director of Sainsbury Bankno datano datano data
Margaret Jones
Chairman of Sainsbury’s Bank Board4.3yrsno datano data
Tanuj Kapilashrami
Independent Non-Executive Director4.8yrsUK£73.00k0.00046%
$ 37.0k
Joanna Bertram
Independent Non-Executive Director2.8yrsUK£73.00k0.00035%
$ 28.2k

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: JSNS.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/04 17:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/29 00:00
Earnings2025/03/01
Annual Earnings2025/03/01

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

J Sainsbury plc is covered by 43 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Virginie BlinAlphaValue
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
Nicholas BubbArden Partners Plc.