Drax Group's CEO is Will Gardiner, appointed in Jan 2018, has a tenure of 8.42 years. total yearly compensation is £2.66M, comprised of 27.2% salary and 72.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.41% of the company’s shares, worth $14.66M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.8 years and 4.7 years respectively.
Key information
Will Gardiner
Chief executive officer
UK£2.7m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
27.20%
CEO tenure
8.4yrs
CEO ownership
0.4%
Management average tenure
less than a year
Board average tenure
4.7yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Will Gardiner's remuneration changed compared to Drax Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
UK£3m
UK£724k
UK£73m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£240m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£408m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£467m
Dec 31 2024
UK£3m
UK£690k
UK£527m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£590m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£654m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£608m
Dec 31 2023
UK£3m
UK£663k
UK£562m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£373m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£184m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£135m
Dec 31 2022
UK£6m
UK£631k
UK£85m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£148m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£211m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£133m
Dec 31 2021
UK£3m
UK£570k
UK£56m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£35m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£125m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-UK£160m
Dec 31 2020
UK£2m
UK£557k
-UK£195m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£89m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-UK£49m
Dec 31 2019
UK£1m
UK£541k
-UK£10m
Compensation vs Market: Will's total compensation ($USD3.59M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.99M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Will's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Will Gardiner (62 yo)
8.4yrs
Tenure
UK£2,662,000
Compensation
Mr. Dwight Daniel Willard Gardiner, known as Will, serves as a Director at Drax Power Limited. He has been Group Chief Executive Officer of Drax Group plc since January 1, 2018. Mr. Gardiner has been Execu...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Dwight Daniel Gardiner
Group CEO & Executive Director
8.4yrs
UK£2.66m
0.41% $ 14.7m
Frank Lemmink
CFO & Executive Director
less than a year
UK£740.00k
0.026% $ 924.0k
Lee Dawes
Chief Operations Officer
1.8yrs
no data
no data
Mark Strafford
Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Hillary Berger
Group General Counsel
5.4yrs
no data
no data
Farnaz Ranjbar
Chief People Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Paul Sheffield
Chief Commercial Officer
6.8yrs
no data
0.025% $ 891.0k
Tim Cole
Head of Customer Marketing
no data
no data
no data
Ross McKenzie
Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Hannah Steedman
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Deidra Jackson
Senior VP of Corporate Affairs North America
less than a year
no data
no data
Rebecca Dunn
Group Company Secretary
less than a year
no data
no data
0.8yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: DRXG.F's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Dwight Daniel Gardiner
Group CEO & Executive Director
10.6yrs
UK£2.66m
0.41% $ 14.7m
Frank Lemmink
CFO & Executive Director
less than a year
UK£740.00k
0.026% $ 924.0k
Mark Clare
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
no data
no data
Robert Shuter
Independent Non-Executive Director
2yrs
UK£125.00k
0.024% $ 852.7k
David Simon Nussbaum
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
8.8yrs
UK£135.00k
no data
Andrea Bertone
Independent Chairman of the Board
2.8yrs
UK£326.00k
no data
John Baxter
Independent Non-Executive Director
7.2yrs
UK£110.00k
0.0052% $ 186.7k
Kimberly Keating
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.7yrs
UK£139.00k
no data
Erika Peterman
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.7yrs
UK£129.00k
no data
4.7yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: DRXG.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.7 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/02 02:59
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/02 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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