WPP Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

WPP's CEO is Mark Read, appointed in Sep 2018, has a tenure of 5.67 years. total yearly compensation is £4.50M, comprised of 24.5% salary and 75.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.089% of the company’s shares, worth $9.57M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.5 years and 4.4 years respectively.

Key information

Mark Read

Chief executive officer

UK£4.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	24.5%
CEO tenure	5.7yrs
CEO ownership	0.09%
Management average tenure	5.5yrs
Board average tenure	4.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Mark Read's remuneration changed compared to WPP's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	UK£4m	UK£1m	UK£110m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£324m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£537m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	UK£610m
Dec 31 2022	UK£7m	UK£1m	UK£683m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£663m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£643m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	UK£640m
Dec 31 2021	UK£4m	UK£1m	UK£638m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£564m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	UK£490m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-UK£1b
Dec 31 2020	UK£2m	UK£910k	-UK£3b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£3b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-UK£879m
Dec 31 2019	UK£3m	UK£975k	UK£848m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£533m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	UK£735m
Dec 31 2018	UK£2m	UK£325k	UK£698m

Compensation vs Market: Mark's total compensation ($USD5.62M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD13.53M).

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

CEO

Mark Read (57 yo)

5.7yrs

Tenure

UK£4,498,000

Compensation

Mr. Mark Read CBE serves as Board of Trustee at Natural History Museum. He has been the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of WPP Plc since September 3, 2018. He serves as Director at FGH SVC H...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mark Read	CEO & Executive Director	5.7yrs	UK£4.50m	0.089% £ 9.6m
Joanne Wilson	CFO & Director	1.1yrs	UK£1.84m	0.0018% £ 189.2k
Andrew Grant Scott	COO & Executive Director	5.7yrs	UK£2.10m	0.079% £ 8.6m
Stephan Pretorius	Chief Technology Officer	5.6yrs	no data	no data
Rachel Higham	Chief Information Officer	3.4yrs	no data	no data
Tom Waldron	Group Investor Relations Director	no data	no data	no data
Andrea Harris	Group Chief Counsel	19.3yrs	no data	no data
Chris Wade	Director of Communications & Corporate Affairs	no data	no data	no data
Laurent Ezekiel	Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Growth Officer	5.4yrs	no data	no data
Lindsay Pattison	Global Chief People Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Vanessa Edwards	Head of Sustainability	no data	no data	no data
Scott Megginson	President of Kantar Insights Canada	no data	no data	no data

5.5yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: WPPG.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mark Read	CEO & Executive Director	5.7yrs	UK£4.50m	0.089% £ 9.6m
Joanne Wilson	CFO & Director	1.1yrs	UK£1.84m	0.0018% £ 189.2k
Andrew Grant Scott	COO & Executive Director	less than a year	UK£2.10m	0.079% £ 8.6m
AnnaMaria DeSalva	Chairman & CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies	no data	no data	no data
Jeremy J. Bullmore	Member of the Advisory Board	no data	UK£49.46k	no data
Stanley Morten	Member of Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
John Quelch	Member of the Advisory Board	no data	no data	no data
Roberto Quarta	Chairman	9.3yrs	UK£570.00k	0.0082% £ 882.2k
Angela Ahrendts	Senior Independent Non-Executive Director	3.8yrs	UK£147.00k	0.0012% £ 126.5k
Sandrine Dufour	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.3yrs	UK£148.00k	0.0014% £ 151.3k
Keith C. Weed	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.5yrs	UK£146.00k	0.00079% £ 85.4k
Jasmine Whitbread	Independent Non-Executive Director	4.7yrs	UK£155.00k	0.00081% £ 87.6k

4.4yrs

Average Tenure

61yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: WPPG.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).

WPP Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Key information

Recent management updates

WPP plc, Annual General Meeting, May 08, 2024

WPP Appoints Jane Geraghty as Chief Client Officer

WPP plc Appoints Lindsay Pattison as Global Chief People Officer

Wpp plc Announces Appointment of Andrew Scott as an Executive Director to the Board

WPP plc Appoints Frank-Michael 'FM' Schmidt as First President of Its German Business

WPP Announces Step Down of John Rogers as Executive Director

Recent updates

WPP plc Reaffirms Revenue Guidance for the Year 2024

WPP plc, Annual General Meeting, May 08, 2024

WPP plc Proposes Final Dividend for 2023, Payable on 5 July 2024

WPP plc Reaffirms Revenue Guidance for the Year 2023 and Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year 2024

WPP plc to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 22, 2024

WPP Reportedly to Weigh Options for 40% Stake in Bain’s Kantar

WPP Appoints Jane Geraghty as Chief Client Officer

WPP plc Appoints Lindsay Pattison as Global Chief People Officer

WPP plc to Report Nine Months, 2023 Results on Oct 26, 2023

Wpp plc Announces Appointment of Andrew Scott as an Executive Director to the Board

WPP plc Recommends Interim Dividend for the Year 2023, Payable on 3 November 2023

WPP plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Aug 04, 2023

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired a 30% stake in Majority from Shaquille O’Neal.

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired a 30% stake in Majority.

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired Diff Ltd.

WPP plc to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Feb 23, 2023

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired Fenom Digital.

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired Fenom Digital.

WPP plc Appoints Frank-Michael 'FM' Schmidt as First President of Its German Business

WPP Announces Step Down of John Rogers as Executive Director

Wpp plc Announces Executive Changes

WPP plc Raises Revenue Guidance for the Full Year 2022

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired Mediacom Communications Private Limited from Sam Balsara and Lara Balsara Vajifdar.

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired Passport Brand Design, LLC.

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired The Jeffrey Group, LLC.

Karen Blackett OBE Joins President of WPP in the UK

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) agreed to acquire Newcraft Group.

Wpp plc Declares Interim Dividend, Payable on 1 November 2022

Wpp plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2022

WPP plc to Report First Half, 2022 Results on Aug 05, 2022

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired Corebiz Participacoes Ltda.

WPP Appoints Michael Houston as President of Its US Business

WPP plc Raises Earnings Guidance for the Year 2022

WPP plc Appoints Kyoko Matsushita as Chief Executive Officer in Japan

WPP plc Launches Everymile

WPP plc, Annual General Meeting, May 24, 2022

WPP plc Announces Board Committee Membership Changes

WPP plc to Discontinue Operations in Russia

WPP plc Proposes Final Dividend for 2021, Payable on 8 July 2022

WPP plc to Report Fiscal Year 2021 Results on Feb 24, 2022

WPP plc Appoints Simon Dingemans to the Board as Non-Executive Director

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) acquired an unknown majority stake in Made Thought Design Limited.

WPP plc (LSE : WPP) acquired NPComplete Ltd.

WPP plc Raises Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2021

WPP plc Announces Final Dividend for 2020, Payable on 9 July 2021

WPP Appoints Dave Rolfe as Global Head of Production

WPP plc to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Mar 11, 2021

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) agreed to acquire DTI Digital.

WPP plc Announces Board Committee Membership Changes

WPP and TikTok Announce Global Agency Partnership

WPP Appoints Rob Reilly as Global Chief Creative Officer

Management of RLM Finsbury Limited led by Roland Rudd completed the acquisition of 49.99% stake in RLM Finsbury Limited from WPP plc (LSE:WPP).

WPP plc Board Committee Membership Changes

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) made an unsolicited proposal to acquire remaining 38.5% stake in WPP AUNZ Limited (ASX:SGN) from minority shareholders for approximately AUD 180.

WPP Announces the Launch of VMLY&R COMMERCE

WPP Appoints Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang to Board, Effective 1 January 2021

Wpp plc Appoints Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang to the Board, with Effect from 1 January 2021

WPP plc Appoints Tom Ilube Cbe to its Board

WPP plc Appoints Tom Ilube CBE as an Independent Non-Executive Director

WPP plc (LSE:WPP) completed the acquisition of 100% interest in Millward Brown East Africa Ltd, Millward Brown Nigeria Ltd, Millward Brown West Africa Ltd and 80% interest in Research and Marketing Group Investment Limited(RMGIL) from WPP Scangroup Plc (NASE:SCAN).

Bruin Sports Capital LLC completed the acquisition of unknown majority stake in Two Circles Limited from WPP plc (LSE:WPP).

Management of RLM Finsbury Limited led by Roland Rudd agreed to acquire 49.99% stake in RLM Finsbury Limited from WPP plc (LSE:WPP).

WPP plc to Report First Half, 2020 Results on Aug 27, 2020

CEO Compensation Analysis

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