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Nominet board remuneration doubles since 2013

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Total board remuneration:

2013: £914,000
2014: £1,136,000
2015: £1,109,000
2016: £1,320,000
2017-2018 (18 months): £2,142,000
2019: £1,723,000

Source: https://www.nominet.uk/corporate-governance/annual-reports/

Remuneration breakdown:

CEO remuneration

2013: £273,000 (Lesley Cowley)
2014: £325,000 (Lesley Cowley) < Resigned
2015: £285,000 (Russell Haworth)
2016: £409,000 (Russell Haworth)
2017-2018 (18 months): £708,000 (Russell Haworth)
2019: £454,000 (Russell Haworth)

COO remuneration

2013: £165,000 (Eleanor Bradley)
2014: £246,000 (Eleanor Bradley)
2015: £255,000 (Eleanor Bradley)
2016: £293,000 (Eleanor Bradley)
2017-2018 (18 months): £491,000 (Eleanor Bradley)
2019: £325,000 (Eleanor Bradley)

CTO remuneration

2013: £187,000 (Simon McCalla)
2014: £247,000 (Simon McCalla)
2015: £253,000 (Simon McCalla)
2016: £324,000 (Simon McCalla)
2017-2018 (18 months): £499,000 (Simon McCalla)
2019: £194,000 (Simon McCalla) < Resigned

CFO remuneration

2019: £252,000 (Ben Hill)

Chair remuneration

2013: £90,000 (Baroness Fritchie)
2014: £135,000 (Baroness Fritchie)
2015: £125,000 (Baroness Fritchie)
2016: £100,000 (Baroness Fritchie)
2017-2018 (18 months): £58,000 (Baroness Fritchie) £78,000 (Mark Wood)
2019: £92,000 (Mark Wood)

Elected NED remuneration

2013: £30,000 (four directors)
2014: £30,000 (four directors)
2015: £31,000 (four directors)
2016: £31,000 (four directors)
2017-2018 (18 months): £32,000 (four directors)
2019: £37,000 (four directors)

Appointed NED remuneration

2013: £32,000 (two directors)
2014: £32,000 (two directors)
2015: £36,000 (one director)
2016: £34,000 - £33,000 (two directors)
2017-2018 (18 months): £66,000 (one director)
2019: £49,000 (one director)
 
Rewarded for what?

- spoiling a system that worked well
- increasing costs and confusion to existing customers
- making many businesses have to reg two domains instead of one

yes they'll be value attaching to many of the new .uk domains - but it is only money sucked out of the .co.uk market.
 
2013: £187,000 (Simon McCalla)
2014: £247,000 (Simon McCalla)
2015: £253,000 (Simon McCalla)
2016: £324,000 (Simon McCalla)

After a £60K payrise in 2014, he must've been gutted when he opened his pay packet to find a paltry £6K increase in 2015. Nevermind, the extra £71K in 2016 made up for it.
 
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Seems like the NED needs to have a word - their salary hasn't gone up in line with their peers.
 

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