Sims' CEO is Stephen Mikkelsen, appointed in Oct 2023, has a tenure of 2.58 years. total yearly compensation is A$5.01M, comprised of 29.4% salary and 70.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.084% of the company’s shares, worth $2.53M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6 years and 2.3 years respectively.
Key information
Stephen Mikkelsen
Chief executive officer
AU$5.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
29.38%
CEO tenure
2.6yrs
CEO ownership
0.08%
Management average tenure
6yrs
Board average tenure
2.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Stephen Mikkelsen's remuneration changed compared to Sims's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-AU$58m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-AU$28m
Jun 30 2025
AU$5m
AU$1m
AU$2m
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-AU$65m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-AU$32m
Jun 30 2024
AU$3m
AU$1m
AU$2m
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
AU$194m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
AU$195m
Jun 30 2023
AU$2m
AU$1m
AU$197m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
AU$314m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
AU$447m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
AU$523m
Jun 30 2022
AU$5m
AU$1m
AU$599m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
AU$514m
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
AU$430m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
AU$330m
Jun 30 2021
AU$4m
AU$1m
AU$229m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
AU$54m
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-AU$121m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-AU$193m
Jun 30 2020
AU$2m
AU$1m
-AU$265m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-AU$140m
Dec 31 2019
n/a
n/a
-AU$15m
Sep 30 2019
n/a
n/a
AU$69m
Jun 30 2019
AU$3m
AU$1m
AU$153m
Compensation vs Market: Stephen's total compensation ($USD3.63M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD7.08M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Stephen's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Stephen Mikkelsen (61 yo)
2.6yrs
Tenure
AU$5,012,531
Compensation
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Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Stephen Mikkelsen
Group CEO
2.6yrs
AU$5.01m
0.084% $ 2.5m
Warrick R. Ranson
Group Chief Financial Officer
2.4yrs
AU$3.23m
no data
John Glyde
Managing Director of Australia & New Zealand Metals
8.8yrs
AU$2.89m
0.11% $ 3.4m
Robert Thompson
President of North America Metals
3.8yrs
AU$2.84m
0.015% $ 456.8k
Gretchen Johanns
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
7.5yrs
no data
no data
Réal Hamilton-Romeo
Global Head of Communications & Marketing
no data
no data
no data
M. Baker
Group Chief Human Resources Officer
8.3yrs
no data
no data
Lynn Jacobs
Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer - SLS
no data
no data
no data
Ingrid Sinclair
Global President of Sims Lifecycle Services
7.3yrs
no data
no data
Ana Metelo
Joint Company Secretary
4.8yrs
no data
no data
Richard Brierley
Assistant Company Secretary
no data
no data
no data
6.0yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: SMSM.Y's management team is seasoned and experienced (6 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Stephen Mikkelsen
Group CEO
2.6yrs
AU$5.01m
0.084% $ 2.5m
Russell Rinn
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.4yrs
AU$80.09k
0.0039% $ 117.9k
Katherine Hirschfeld
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.7yrs
AU$258.89k
0.0052% $ 158.2k
Victoria Binns
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.6yrs
AU$261.08k
0.0040% $ 120.6k
Philip Bainbridge
Independent Chairman of the Board
3.7yrs
AU$493.33k
0.016% $ 491.3k
Grant Dempsey
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.1yrs
AU$242.73k
no data
Shinchiro Omachi
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
1.5yrs
AU$152.17k
no data
Nancy Novak
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
no data
no data
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: SMSM.Y's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/11 10:03
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/08 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/06/30
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Analyst Sources
Sims Limited is covered by 29 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.