SSE's CEO is Martin Pibworth, appointed in Jul 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is £2.55M, comprised of 29.4% salary and 70.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.018% of the company’s shares, worth $7.47M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6 years and 4.7 years respectively.
Key information
Martin Pibworth
Chief executive officer
UK£2.5m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
29.42%
CEO tenure
less than a year
CEO ownership
0.02%
Management average tenure
6yrs
Board average tenure
4.7yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Martin Pibworth's remuneration changed compared to SSE's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£959m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Mar 31 2025
UK£3m
UK£750k
UK£1b
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Mar 31 2024
UK£2m
UK£688k
UK£2b
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£678m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
UK£260m
Mar 31 2023
UK£3m
UK£655k
-UK£158m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£433m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Mar 31 2022
UK£3m
UK£636k
UK£3b
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£3b
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£3b
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Mar 31 2021
UK£2m
UK£571k
UK£2b
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£2b
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£1b
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
UK£714m
Mar 31 2020
UK£1m
UK£515k
UK£420m
Compensation vs Market: Martin's total compensation ($USD3.46M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.67M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Martin's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Martin Pibworth (52 yo)
less than a year
Tenure
UK£2,549,000
Compensation
Mr. Martin Pibworth is Chief Executive Officer of SSE plc from July 17, 2025. He has been Executive Director of SSE plc since September 1, 2017 and its Chief Commercial Officer since November 1, 2020. He i...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Martin Pibworth
Chief Executive
less than a year
UK£2.55m
0.018% $ 7.5m
Barry O'regan
CFO & Executive Director
2.4yrs
UK£1.43m
0.0044% $ 1.8m
Elizabeth Tanner
General Counsel & Company Secretary
7.2yrs
no data
no data
John Stewart
Director of Human Resources
16.8yrs
no data
no data
Robert McDonald
Managing Director of SSEN Transmission
7.3yrs
no data
no data
Samuel Peacock
Managing Director of Corporate Affairs
no data
no data
no data
Finlay McCutcheon
Managing Director of SSE Thermal
2yrs
no data
no data
Neil Kirkby
Managing Director of Enterprise
9.3yrs
no data
no data
Christopher Derek Burchell
Managing Director of SSEN Distribution
5.5yrs
no data
no data
Stephen Wheeler
Managing Director of SSE Renewables
4.3yrs
no data
no data
Nicola Flanders
Managing Director of Energy Customer Solutions
6.6yrs
no data
no data
Gordon Bell
Managing Director of SSE Energy Markets
no data
no data
no data
6.0yrs
Average Tenure
52yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: SSEZ.Y's management team is seasoned and experienced (6 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Martin Pibworth
Chief Executive
8.7yrs
UK£2.55m
0.018% $ 7.5m
Barry O'regan
CFO & Executive Director
2.4yrs
UK£1.43m
0.0044% $ 1.8m
John Bason
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.9yrs
UK£107.00k
0.00019% $ 77.1k
Thembalihle Nyasulu
Senior Independent Director
1.3yrs
UK£21.00k
0.00019% $ 77.1k
Anthony Cocker
Independent Non-Executive Director
8yrs
UK£102.00k
0.00041% $ 166.3k
John Manzoni
Chairman of the Board
5.7yrs
UK£452.00k
0.00026% $ 105.5k
Deborah Crosbie
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.7yrs
UK£82.00k
0.00018% $ 73.0k
Angela Rosemary Strank
Independent Non-Executive Director
6yrs
UK£82.00k
0.00019% $ 77.1k
Maarten Wetselaar
Independent non-Executive Director
2.7yrs
UK£82.00k
0.00036% $ 146.1k
Melanie Smith
Independent Non-Executive Director
7.3yrs
UK£107.00k
0.00020% $ 81.1k
Elish Angiolini
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.7yrs
UK£102.00k
0.00017% $ 69.0k
4.7yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: SSEZ.Y'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
2026/05/07 00:56
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/07 00:00
Earnings
2025/09/30
Annual Earnings
2025/03/31
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Analyst Sources
SSE plc is covered by 28 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.