DS Smith Plc

OTCPK:DSSM.Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.3b

DS Smith Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

DS Smith's CEO is Miles Roberts, appointed in May 2010, has a tenure of 14.5 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 $18.09M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8.2 years and 4.2 years respectively.

Key information

Miles Roberts

Chief executive officer

UK£1.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage66.8%
CEO tenure14.5yrs
CEO ownership0.2%
Management average tenure8.2yrs
Board average tenure4.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Miles Roberts's remuneration changed compared to DS Smith's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Apr 30 2024UK£1mUK£879k

UK£385m

Oct 31 2023n/an/a

UK£463m

Jul 31 2023n/an/a

UK£477m

Apr 30 2023UK£4mUK£838k

UK£491m

Oct 31 2022n/an/a

UK£377m

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

UK£329m

Apr 30 2022UK£3mUK£809k

UK£280m

Oct 31 2021n/an/a

UK£243m

Jul 31 2021n/an/a

UK£213m

Apr 30 2021UK£3mUK£786k

UK£182m

Oct 31 2020n/an/a

UK£200m

Jul 31 2020n/an/a

UK£245m

Apr 30 2020UK£1mUK£778k

UK£290m

Jan 31 2020n/an/a

UK£297m

Oct 31 2019n/an/a

UK£304m

Jul 31 2019n/an/a

UK£283m

Apr 30 2019UK£3mUK£758k

UK£262m

Jan 31 2019n/an/a

UK£262m

Oct 31 2018n/an/a

UK£261m

Jul 31 2018n/an/a

UK£249m

Apr 30 2018UK£4mUK£737k

UK£237m

Compensation vs Market: Miles's total compensation ($USD1.65M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.67M).

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

CEO

Miles Roberts (60 yo)

14.5yrs

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

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Miles Roberts
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director14.5yrsUK£1.32m0.18%
$ 18.1m
Richard Pike
Group Finance Director & Executive Director1.4yrsUK£735.00k0.037%
$ 3.8m
Anjali Kotak
Investor Relations Directorno datano datano data
Iain David Simm
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary8.4yrsno datano data
Marc Chiron
Sales, Marketing & Innovation Directorno datano datano data
Hugo Fisher
Group Investor Relations Directorno datano datano data
Keith Ledbetter
Chief Financial Officer of Global Plastics and North America Packaging & Paper Divisions8.2yrsno datano data
Alexander Manisty
Group Head of Strategy & Innovationno datano datano data
Keith Tornes
Managing Director2.2yrsno datano data

8.2yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: DSSM.Y's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Miles Roberts
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director14.5yrsUK£1.32m0.18%
$ 18.1m
Richard Pike
Group Finance Director & Executive Director1.4yrsUK£735.00k0.037%
$ 3.8m
Eric Olsen
Non-Executive Director1.5yrsUK£33.00k0.0019%
$ 193.5k
Celia Baxter
Independent Non-Executive Director5.1yrsUK£84.00k0.0011%
$ 113.2k
Geoffrey Drabble
Non-Executive Chairman4.2yrsUK£337.00k0.0056%
$ 577.3k
David Robbie
Senior Independent Director5.6yrsUK£98.00k0.0022%
$ 223.3k
Alan Johnson
Non-Executive Director2.4yrsUK£67.00k0.00091%
$ 93.6k
Tessa Bamford
Non-Executive Directorless than a yearUK£23.00kno data
Alina Kessel
Independent Non-Executive Director4.5yrsUK£67.00k0.0014%
$ 142.0k

4.2yrs

Average Tenure

61yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: DSSM.Y's board of directors are considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).