FirstGroup's CEO is Graham Sutherland, appointed in May 2022, has a tenure of 4.17 years. total yearly compensation is £2.97M, comprised of 20.4% salary and 79.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.13% of the company’s shares, worth $1.71M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 4.8 years respectively.
Key information
Graham Sutherland
Chief executive officer
UK£3.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
20.38%
CEO tenure
4.2yrs
CEO ownership
0.1%
Management average tenure
4.3yrs
Board average tenure
4.8yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Graham Sutherland's remuneration changed compared to FirstGroup's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 28 2026
n/a
n/a
UK£116m
Dec 28 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£122m
Sep 27 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£129m
Jun 27 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£126m
Mar 29 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£123m
Dec 29 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£109m
Sep 28 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£95m
Jun 28 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£42m
Mar 30 2024
UK£1m
UK£567k
-UK£10m
Dec 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£8m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-UK£7m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£36m
Mar 25 2023
UK£1m
UK£484k
UK£79m
Compensation vs Market: Graham's total compensation ($USD4.00M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.16M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Graham's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Graham Sutherland (63 yo)
4.2yrs
Tenure
UK£2,974,000
Compensation
Mr. Graham F. Sutherland is Independent Non-Executive Director of HICL Infrastructure PLC from May 21, 2025. He serves as Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at FirstGroup plc since May 16, 2022....
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Graham Sutherland
CEO & Executive Director
4.2yrs
UK£2.97m
0.13% $ 1.7m
Ryan Mangold
CFO & Director
7.2yrs
UK£2.38m
0.32% $ 4.1m
Marianna Bowes
Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
David John Blizzard
General Counsel & Company Secretary
4.3yrs
no data
no data
Stuart Butchers
Group Head of Communications
no data
no data
no data
Janette Bell
Managing Director of First Bus
5.8yrs
no data
no data
Mike Nelson
Managing Director of First Rail
no data
no data
no data
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
Experienced Management: FGRO.Y's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Graham Sutherland
CEO & Executive Director
4.2yrs
UK£2.97m
0.13% $ 1.7m
Ryan Mangold
CFO & Director
7.2yrs
UK£2.38m
0.32% $ 4.1m
Peter Lynas
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
5.1yrs
UK£81.00k
0.015% $ 189.5k
Lena Wilson
Chairman of the Board
1.4yrs
UK£300.00k
0.0057% $ 73.4k
Jane Lodge
Independent Non-Executive Director
5.1yrs
UK£84.00k
0.0028% $ 35.6k
Sally Cabrini
Independent Non-Executive Director
6.5yrs
UK£81.00k
0.0019% $ 23.7k
Claire Hawkings
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.5yrs
UK£78.00k
0.0019% $ 23.7k
Myrtle Dawes
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.3yrs
UK£85.00k
0.00065% $ 8.3k
4.8yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: FGRO.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
2026/07/19 12:39
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/09 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/28
Annual Earnings
2026/03/28
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Analyst Sources
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