WH Smith Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

WH Smith's CEO is Carl Cowling, appointed in Nov 2019, has a tenure of 4.58 years. total yearly compensation is £2.91M, comprised of 20.9% salary and 79.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.035% of the company’s shares, worth $673.53K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 16.4 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Carl Cowling

Chief executive officer

UK£2.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage20.9%
CEO tenure4.6yrs
CEO ownership0.04%
Management average tenure16.4yrs
Board average tenure3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Carl Cowling's remuneration changed compared to WH Smith's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Feb 29 2024n/an/a

UK£64m

Nov 30 2023n/an/a

UK£72m

Aug 31 2023UK£3mUK£610k

UK£79m

May 31 2023n/an/a

UK£73m

Feb 28 2023n/an/a

UK£67m

Nov 30 2022n/an/a

UK£57m

Aug 31 2022UK£2mUK£585k

UK£47m

May 31 2022n/an/a

UK£6m

Feb 28 2022n/an/a

-UK£35m

Nov 30 2021n/an/a

-UK£58m

Aug 31 2021UK£1mUK£550k

-UK£82m

May 31 2021n/an/a

-UK£201m

Feb 28 2021n/an/a

-UK£321m

Nov 30 2020n/an/a

-UK£280m

Aug 31 2020UK£608kUK£482k

-UK£239m

May 31 2020n/an/a

-UK£68m

Feb 29 2020n/an/a

UK£102m

Nov 30 2019n/an/a

UK£104m

Aug 31 2019UK£2mUK£201k

UK£106m

Compensation vs Market: Carl's total compensation ($USD3.70M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.64M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Carl's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Carl Cowling (51 yo)

4.6yrs

Tenure

UK£2,914,000

Compensation

Mr. Carl David Cowling has been Group Chief Executive at WH Smith PLC since November 01, 2019. Mr. Cowling served as Managing Director of High Street Business at WH Smith PLC since 2017 until November 01,...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Carl Cowling
Group Chief Executive & Director4.6yrsUK£2.91m0.035%
£ 673.5k
Robert Moorhead
Group CFO16.4yrsUK£2.20m0.16%
£ 3.1m
Ian Houghton
Legal Director & Company Secretary25.8yrsno data0.051%
£ 968.3k

16.4yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: WHTP.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (16.4 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Carl Cowling
Group Chief Executive & Director5.3yrsUK£2.91m0.035%
£ 673.5k
Robert Moorhead
Group CFO15.5yrsUK£2.20m0.16%
£ 3.1m
Annette Court
Independent Chairman1.8yrsUK£255.00k0.0053%
£ 101.2k
Nicola Dulieu
Independent Non-Executive Director3.8yrsUK£76.00k0.0019%
£ 36.6k
Simon Emeny
Senior Independent Director5.3yrsUK£76.00kno data
Colette Burke
Independent Non-Executive Directorless than a yearUK£10.00kno data
Situl Jobanputra
Non-Executive Directorless than a yearno datano data

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: WHTP.F's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).


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