Who’s in charge of the nation’s largest plcs? While the performance of the FTSE 100 is closely followed, details of its constituent CEOs can be harder to find.
To resolve this, Raconteur launched the CEO Index in 2023. Trawling through publicly available information on these corporate leaders, we were able to paint a more complete picture of the FTSE 100 CEOs, from their backgrounds to their soaring pay packets.
There has been much change since the first iteration of CEO Index last year. Eight companies have been promoted to the FTSE 100, including EasyJet, Darktrace and Marks & Spencer, which made its first return to the index since 2019. Elsewhere, 16 companies have changed leadership – most recently Burberry, which replaced outgoing CEO Jonathan Akeroyd with Joshua Schulman last week.
Three women have joined the ranks of the FTSE 100 bosses, BT’s Allison Kirkby, Darktrace’s Poppy…
