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FD Technologies Management
Management criteria checks 4/4
FD Technologies' CEO is Seamus Keating, appointed in Jan 2020, has a tenure of 5.5 years. total yearly compensation is £451.00K, comprised of 99.8% salary and 0.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.21% of the company’s shares, worth $1.63M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.5 years and 5 years respectively.
Key information
Seamus Keating
Chief executive officer
UK£451.0k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
99.78%
CEO tenure
5.5yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
5.5yrs
Board average tenure
5yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Seamus Keating's remuneration changed compared to FD Technologies's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Feb 28 2025
n/a
n/a
-UK£26m
Aug 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-UK£22m
May 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-UK£18m
Feb 29 2024
UK£451k
UK£450k
-UK£13m
Aug 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£4m
May 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£3m
Feb 28 2023
UK£687k
UK£450k
-UK£887k
Nov 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£3m
Aug 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£9m
May 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£8m
Feb 28 2022
UK£656k
UK£450k
UK£6m
Nov 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£4m
Aug 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£798k
May 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£5m
Feb 28 2021
UK£451k
UK£450k
UK£9m
Nov 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£12m
Aug 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
May 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£15m
Feb 29 2020
UK£486k
UK£263k
UK£15m
Nov 30 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
Aug 31 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
May 31 2019
n/a
n/a
UK£14m
Feb 28 2019
UK£100k
n/a
UK£13m
Compensation vs Market: Seamus's total compensation ($USD610.26K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.80M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Seamus's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Seamus Keating (62 yo)
5.5yrs
Tenure
UK£451,000
Compensation
Mr. Seamus Declan Keating served as Chief Executive Officer at Kx Systems, Inc. since January 2020. He served as Executive Chairman of the Board of FD Technologies Plc (formerly known as First Derivatives...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Seamus Keating
CEO & Director
5.5yrs
UK£451.00k
0.21% $ 1.6m
Michael Preston
CFO & Director
4.5yrs
UK£394.00k
0.030% $ 229.9k
David Thomas
Chief Scientist
9.8yrs
no data
no data
Derek Brown
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Victoria Shanks
Senior Vice President of Business Development
no data
no data
no data
Catherine Harrison
Group HR Director
no data
no data
no data
John Murphy
Head of Research & Development
15.4yrs
no data
no data
Brian Barry
Head of FD Labs
9.8yrs
no data
no data
Ashok Reddy
Chief Executive Officer of KX
2.9yrs
no data
no data
Colette McMullan
Company Secretary
less than a year
no data
no data
5.5yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: FDRV.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.5 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Seamus Keating
CEO & Director
12.6yrs
UK£451.00k
0.21% $ 1.6m
Michael Preston
CFO & Director
4.5yrs
UK£394.00k
0.030% $ 229.9k
Usama Fayyad
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.5yrs
UK£150.00k
0.031% $ 241.9k
Donna Troy
Non-Executive Independent Chairman
7.5yrs
UK£200.00k
0.080% $ 614.1k
Thomas Seifert
Independent Non-Executive Director
5yrs
UK£150.00k
0.046% $ 358.5k
Ayman Sayed
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
5yrs
UK£150.00k
0.047% $ 360.6k
5.0yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: FDRV.F's board of directors are considered experienced (5 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2025/07/22 15:00
End of Day Share Price
2025/07/01 00:00
Earnings
2025/02/28
Annual Earnings
2025/02/28
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Analyst Sources
FD Technologies plc is covered by 3 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.