Tesco's CEO is Ken Murphy, appointed in Oct 2020, has a tenure of 5.58 years. total yearly compensation is £10.84M, comprised of 14% salary and 86% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.017% of the company’s shares, worth $6.67M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 4.9 years respectively.
Key information
Ken Murphy
Chief executive officer
UK£10.8m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
13.97%
CEO tenure
5.6yrs
CEO ownership
0.02%
Management average tenure
3.5yrs
Board average tenure
4.9yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Ken Murphy's remuneration changed compared to Tesco's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Feb 28 2026
UK£11m
UK£2m
UK£2b
Nov 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Aug 23 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
May 23 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Feb 22 2025
UK£10m
UK£1m
UK£2b
Nov 22 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Aug 24 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
May 24 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Feb 24 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Nov 24 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Aug 26 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
May 26 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£978m
Feb 25 2023
UK£4m
UK£1m
UK£659m
Nov 25 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£799m
Aug 27 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£938m
May 27 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Feb 26 2022
UK£5m
UK£1m
UK£2b
Nov 26 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Aug 28 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£966m
May 28 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£747m
Feb 27 2021
UK£2m
UK£556k
UK£528m
Compensation vs Market: Ken's total compensation ($USD14.58M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.79M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Ken's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Ken Murphy (59 yo)
5.6yrs
Tenure
UK£10,842,000
Compensation
Mr. Ken Murphy serves as Director at Tesco Stores Limited since October 01, 2020. He has been Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Tesco PLC since October 1, 2020. Mr. Murphy served as J...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ken Murphy
Group CEO & Executive Director
5.6yrs
UK£10.84m
0.017% $ 6.7m
Imran Nawaz
CFO & Director
5yrs
UK£5.71m
0.021% $ 8.0m
James Glavey
Chief Operating Officer
1.4yrs
no data
no data
Guus Dekkers
Chief Technology Officer
5yrs
no data
no data
Kay Majid
Group General Counsel
1.8yrs
no data
no data
Christine Heffernan
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer
7.2yrs
no data
no data
Emma Taylor
Chief People Officer
4.2yrs
no data
no data
Natasha Adams
Chief Strategy
less than a year
no data
no data
Ashwin Prasad
Chief Executive Officer of UK
5.7yrs
no data
no data
Sarah Lawler
MD of Tesco Convenience
2.8yrs
no data
no data
Kevin Tindall
MD of Large Stores
2.8yrs
no data
no data
Jonny McQuarrie
Chief Executive Officer of Central Europe
less than a year
no data
no data
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
52yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: TSCD.F's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ken Murphy
Group CEO & Executive Director
5.6yrs
UK£10.84m
0.017% $ 6.7m
Imran Nawaz
CFO & Director
5yrs
UK£5.71m
0.021% $ 8.0m
Gerard Murphy
Non-Executive Chair
2.7yrs
UK£757.00k
0.0014% $ 549.8k
Carolyn Fairbairn
Senior Independent Director
2.7yrs
UK£204.00k
0.00055% $ 212.9k
Christopher Kennedy
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.3yrs
UK£128.00k
0.00049% $ 189.7k
Melissa Bethell
Independent Non-Executive Director
7.7yrs
UK£164.00k
0.00059% $ 228.4k
Caroline Silver
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.6yrs
UK£128.00k
0.00024% $ 92.9k
Stewart Gilliland
Independent Non-Executive Director
8.2yrs
UK£165.00k
0.00090% $ 348.4k
Bertrand Jean Francois Bodson
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.9yrs
UK£127.00k
0.0010% $ 402.6k
Karen Whitworth
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.9yrs
UK£183.00k
0.00082% $ 317.5k
4.9yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: TSCD.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/26 21:34
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/26 00:00
Earnings
2026/02/28
Annual Earnings
2026/02/28
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Analyst Sources
Tesco PLC is covered by 29 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.