WPP plc

OTCPK:WPPG.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.3b

WPP Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

WPP's CEO is Cindy Rose Quackenbush, appointed in Sep 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is £96.92K, comprised of 0.4% salary and 99.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.01% of the company’s shares, worth $327.01K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.2 years and 6.1 years respectively.

Key information

Cindy Rose Quackenbush

Chief executive officer

UK£96.9k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage0.43%
CEO tenureless than a year
CEO ownership0.01%
Management average tenure1.2yrs
Board average tenure6.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Cindy Rose Quackenbush's remuneration changed compared to WPP's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2025UK£97kUK£417

-UK£215m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

UK£83m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

UK£381m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

UK£462m

Dec 31 2024UK£129kn/a

UK£542m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

UK£373m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

UK£203m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

UK£157m

Dec 31 2023UK£128kn/a

UK£110m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

UK£324m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

UK£537m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

UK£610m

Dec 31 2022UK£130kn/a

UK£683m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

UK£663m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

UK£643m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

UK£640m

Dec 31 2021UK£129kn/a

UK£638m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

UK£564m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

UK£490m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-UK£1b

Dec 31 2020UK£103kn/a

-UK£3b

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-UK£3b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-UK£879m

Dec 31 2019UK£79kn/a

UK£848m

Compensation vs Market: Cindy's total compensation ($USD129.24K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.91M).

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

CEO

Cindy Rose Quackenbush (59 yo)

less than a year
Tenure
UK£96,922
Compensation

Ms. Cindy Rose Quackenbush, OBE is Chief Operating Officer of Global Enterprise at Microsoft. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft UK at Microsoft Corporation since November 01, 2016. Ms. Rose...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Cindy Rose Quackenbush
Group CEO & Directorless than a yearUK£96.92k0.010%
$ 327.0k
Joanne Wilson
CFO & Director2.9yrsUK£1.06k0.0051%
$ 166.3k
Devika Bulchandani
Chief Operating Officerless than a yearno datano data
Stephan Pretorius
Chief Technology Officer7.4yrsno datano data
Dominic Shine
Chief Information Officerless than a yearno datano data
Thomas Singlehurst
Group Investor Relations Directorno datano datano data
Andrea Harris
Group Chief Counsel21.2yrsno datano data
Christian Juhl
President of Corporate Development1.5yrsno datano data
Michael Frohlich
Chief Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officerless than a yearno datano data
Marie-Claire Barker
Chief People Officer1.2yrsno datano data
Chris Wade
Director of Communications & Corporate Affairsno datano datano data
Vanessa Edwards
Head of Sustainabilityno datano datano data
1.2yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: WPPG.F's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.2 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Cindy Rose Quackenbush
Group CEO & Director6.9yrsUK£96.92k0.010%
$ 327.0k
Joanne Wilson
CFO & Director2.9yrsUK£1.06k0.0051%
$ 166.3k
John Benard Jackson
Member of Advisory Boardno dataUK£31.80kno data
Philip Eric Jansen
Independent Non-Executive Chair1.5yrsUK£631.00k0.0093%
$ 302.8k
Jeremy J. Bullmore
Member of the Advisory Boardno dataUK£49.46kno data
Stanley Morten
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
John Anthony Quelch
Member of the Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Angela Ahrendts
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director5.7yrsUK£213.00k0.0012%
$ 38.2k
Sandrine Dufour
Independent Non-Executive Director6.1yrsUK£161.00k0.0014%
$ 45.4k
Richard Rivers
Member of the Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Keith Charles Weed
Independent Non-Executive Director6.3yrsUK£142.00k0.00078%
$ 25.5k
Jasmine Whitbread
Independent Non-Executive Director6.5yrsUK£155.00k0.00081%
$ 26.5k
6.1yrs
Average Tenure
64yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: WPPG.F's board of directors are considered experienced (6.1 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/20 06:45
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/20 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

WPP plc is covered by 32 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
JULIEN ROCHBarclays
Sarah SimonBerenberg
Christophe CherblancBernstein