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DS Smith Management
Management criteria checks 4/4
DS Smith's CEO is Miles Roberts, appointed in May 2010, has a tenure of 14.75 years. total yearly compensation is £1.32M, comprised of 66.8% salary and 33.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.18% of the company’s shares, worth $17.59M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8.4 years and 4.4 years respectively.
Key information
Miles Roberts
Chief executive officer
UK£1.3m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
66.79%
CEO tenure
14.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
8.4yrs
Board average tenure
4.4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Miles Roberts's remuneration changed compared to DS Smith's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Oct 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£224m
Jul 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£305m
Apr 30 2024
UK£1m
UK£879k
UK£385m
Oct 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£463m
Jul 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£477m
Apr 30 2023
UK£4m
UK£838k
UK£491m
Oct 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£377m
Jul 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£329m
Apr 30 2022
UK£3m
UK£809k
UK£280m
Oct 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£243m
Jul 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£213m
Apr 30 2021
UK£3m
UK£786k
UK£182m
Oct 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£200m
Jul 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£245m
Apr 30 2020
UK£1m
UK£778k
UK£290m
Jan 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£297m
Oct 31 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£304m
Jul 31 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£283m
Apr 30 2019
UK£3m
UK£758k
UK£262m
Jan 31 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£262m
Oct 31 2018
n/a
n/a
UK£261m
Jul 31 2018
n/a
n/a
UK£249m
Apr 30 2018
UK£4m
UK£737k
UK£237m
Compensation vs Market: Miles's total compensation ($USD1.63M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.56M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Miles's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Miles Roberts (60 yo)
14.8yrs
Tenure
UK£1,316,000
Compensation
Mr. Miles William Roberts has been Group Chief Executive Officer of DS Smith plc since May 4, 2010. He has been an Executive Director of DS Smith plc since May 4, 2010. He serves as Group CEO of DS Smith P...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Miles Roberts
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director
14.8yrs
UK£1.32m
0.18% $ 17.6m
Richard Pike
Group Finance Director & Executive Director
1.7yrs
UK£735.00k
0.037% $ 3.7m
Anjali Kotak
Investor Relations Director
no data
no data
no data
Iain David Simm
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
8.7yrs
no data
no data
Marc Chiron
Sales, Marketing & Innovation Director
no data
no data
no data
Hugo Fisher
Group Investor Relations Director
no data
no data
no data
Keith Ledbetter
Chief Financial Officer of Global Plastics and North America Packaging & Paper Divisions
8.4yrs
no data
no data
Alexander Manisty
Group Head of Strategy & Innovation
no data
no data
no data
Keith Tornes
Managing Director
2.4yrs
no data
no data
8.4yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: DITH.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Miles Roberts
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director
14.8yrs
UK£1.32m
0.18% $ 17.6m
Richard Pike
Group Finance Director & Executive Director
1.7yrs
UK£735.00k
0.037% $ 3.7m
Eric Olsen
Non-Executive Director
1.8yrs
UK£33.00k
0.0019% $ 188.1k
Celia Baxter
Independent Non-Executive Director
5.3yrs
UK£84.00k
0.0011% $ 110.1k
Geoffrey Drabble
Non-Executive Chairman
4.4yrs
UK£337.00k
0.0056% $ 561.4k
David Robbie
Senior Independent Director
5.8yrs
UK£98.00k
0.0022% $ 217.1k
Alan Johnson
Non-Executive Director
2.7yrs
UK£67.00k
0.00091% $ 91.1k
Tessa Bamford
Non-Executive Director
1.1yrs
UK£23.00k
no data
Alina Kessel
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.8yrs
UK£67.00k
0.0014% $ 138.1k
4.4yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: DITH.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2025/02/03 12:20
End of Day Share Price
2025/01/29 00:00
Earnings
2024/10/31
Annual Earnings
2024/04/30
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Analyst Sources
DS Smith Plc is covered by 11 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.