Informa's CEO is Stephen Carter, appointed in Sep 2013, has a tenure of 12.83 years. total yearly compensation is £5.89M, comprised of 17% salary and 83% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.064% of the company’s shares, worth $9.58M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 11.8 years and 4.8 years respectively.
Key information
Stephen Carter
Chief executive officer
UK£5.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
17.05%
CEO tenure
12.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.06%
Management average tenure
11.8yrs
Board average tenure
4.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Stephen Carter's remuneration changed compared to Informa's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Jun 30 2026
n/a
n/a
UK£221m
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
UK£116m
Dec 31 2025
UK£6m
UK£1m
UK£11m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£42m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£73m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£185m
Dec 31 2024
UK£5m
UK£932k
UK£298m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£305m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£313m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£366m
Dec 31 2023
UK£4m
UK£902k
UK£419m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£386m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£353m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£246m
Dec 31 2022
UK£4m
UK£876k
UK£138m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£157m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£176m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£105m
Dec 31 2021
UK£3m
UK£842k
UK£34m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£175m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£384m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£713m
Dec 31 2020
UK£3m
UK£772k
-UK£1b
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£880m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£718m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£246m
Dec 31 2019
UK£3m
UK£842k
UK£226m
Compensation vs Market: Stephen's total compensation ($USD7.93M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.57M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Stephen's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Stephen Carter (62 yo)
12.8yrs
Tenure
UK£5,885,216
Compensation
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Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Stephen Carter
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director
12.8yrs
UK£5.89m
0.064% $ 9.6m
Gareth Wright
Group Finance Director & Executive Director
12yrs
UK£2.52m
0.050% $ 7.5m
Patrick Martell
Group COO & Informa Markets Chief Executive
7.5yrs
UK£2.57m
0% $ 0
Richard Menzies-Gow
Director of Investor Relations
12.5yrs
no data
no data
Rupert John Hopley
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
14.7yrs
no data
no data
Jill Dougan
Group Chief Marketing Officer
2.2yrs
no data
no data
Stuart Poyser
Group Director of Corporate Development
1.5yrs
no data
no data
Sally Ashford
Group HR Director
5.1yrs
no data
no data
Andrew Mullins
Chief Executive Officer of Informa Connect
11.8yrs
no data
no data
Julian Kirby
Managing Director of Global Finance at Informa Connect
no data
no data
no data
Gary Nugent
Chief Executive of Informa TechTarget
no data
no data
no data
Marco Pardi
Managing Director of Horizontal Technologies - Informa Tech
no data
no data
no data
11.8yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: IFJP.Y's management team is seasoned and experienced (11.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Stephen Carter
Group Chief Executive & Executive Director
16.2yrs
UK£5.89m
0.064% $ 9.6m
Gareth Wright
Group Finance Director & Executive Director
12yrs
UK£2.52m
0.050% $ 7.5m
Andrew Ransom
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.1yrs
UK£79.05k
0.0011% $ 164.5k
John Rishton
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
9.8yrs
UK£457.88k
0.0018% $ 266.2k
Catherine Levene
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.7yrs
UK£85.63k
0.00018% $ 26.9k
Louise Smalley
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
4.8yrs
UK£117.32k
0.0010% $ 155.5k
Maria Kyriacou
Independent Non-Executive Director
2yrs
UK£79.40k
0.00048% $ 71.8k
Rosemary Wilson
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.8yrs
UK£79.57k
0.00046% $ 68.8k
Zheng Yin
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.6yrs
UK£79.86k
no data
Gillian Whitehead
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.9yrs
UK£99.76k
0.00033% $ 49.4k
4.8yrs
Average Tenure
56.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: IFJP.Y's board of directors are considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/31 00:23
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/31 00:00
Earnings
2026/06/30
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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