Zotefoams Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Zotefoams' CEO is Ronan Cox, appointed in May 2024, has a tenure of 2.08 years. total yearly compensation is £930.93K, comprised of 47.3% salary and 52.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.024% of the company’s shares, worth $70.93K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.8 years and 2.8 years respectively.

Key information

Ronan Cox

Chief executive officer

UK£930.9k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	47.28%
CEO tenure	2.1yrs
CEO ownership	0.02%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	2.8yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ronan Cox's remuneration changed compared to Zotefoams's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025	UK£931k	UK£440k	UK£23m
Sep 30 2025	n/a	n/a	UK£12m
Jun 30 2025	n/a	n/a	UK£712k
Mar 31 2025	n/a	n/a	-UK£1m
Dec 31 2024	UK£757k	UK£322k	-UK£3m

Compensation vs Market: Ronan's total compensation ($USD1.25M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD1.59M).

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

CEO

Ronan Cox (53 yo)

2.1yrs

Tenure

UK£930,934

Compensation

Mr. Ronan Michael Cox is Group Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Zotefoams plc from May 22, 2024. Mr. Cox was the President of Performance Materials at Coats Group plc until January 2023 and...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ronan Cox	Group CEO & Executive Director	2.1yrs	UK£930.93k	0.024% $ 70.9k
Nicholas Wright	CFO & Executive Director	less than a year	UK£188.87k	0.00014% $ 410.5
Emma Woollard	General Counsel & Company Secretary	less than a year	no data	no data
Clare Farmer	Chief People Officer	no data	no data	no data
Hugh Morgan	Managing Director of Footwear	no data	no data	no data
Simon Jones	MD of EMEA & North America and Global Supply Chain Director	no data	no data	no data
Brandon Thomas	Managing Director of Asia	less than a year	no data	no data
Simon Comer	Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Tamara Thomas	Group Sustainability & ESG Manager	no data	no data	no data

0.8yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ZTFM.F's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ronan Cox	Group CEO & Executive Director	2.1yrs	UK£930.93k	0.024% $ 70.9k
Nicholas Wright	CFO & Executive Director	less than a year	UK£188.87k	0.00014% $ 410.5
Lynn Drummond	Independent Non-Executive Chairman	3.4yrs	UK£161.76k	0.030% $ 87.0k
Catherine Wall	Independent Non-Executive Director	6.1yrs	UK£52.19k	0.016% $ 46.9k
Malcolm Swift	Senior Independent Director	2.8yrs	UK£61.70k	0.024% $ 69.8k
Jonathan Carling	Independent Non-Executive Director	8.4yrs	UK£52.19k	0.0067% $ 19.6k
John Clarke	Independent Non-Executive Director	less than a year	UK£9.74k	no data

2.8yrs

Average Tenure

61yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ZTFM.F's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/03 21:58
End of Day Share Price	2026/05/01 00:00
Earnings	2025/12/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Zotefoams plc is covered by 7 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Andrew Simms	Berenberg
Tom Castle	Berenberg
Alexander Brooks	Canaccord Genuity