Big Yellow Group PLC (BYG) Board of Directors | Ticker | TickerNJ
Nicholas John Vetch
Chair
27 yrs 7 mosAge: 64British
JR
John Richard Trotman
Executive Director
18 yrs 7 mosAge: 48British
SL
Shauna Louise Beavis
Secretary
15 yrs 1 mos
DA
Dr Anna Julia Keay
Director
8 yrs 1 mosAge: 51British
LE
Laela Elizabeth Pakpour Tabrizi
Director
5 yrs 9 mosAge: 44British
HJ
Heather Jane Savory
Director
5 yrs 1 mosAge: 63British
MK
Michael Kane O'donnell
Director
4 yrs 7 mosAge: 59Irish
JD
John Duncanson Hunter
Director
9 mosAge: 49British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chair | 4 Sept 1998 | 27 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Executive Director | 25 Sept 2007 | 18 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Secretary | 26 Mar 2011 | 15 yrs 1 mos | – |
| Director | 1 Mar 2018 | 8 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Nicholas Vetch | Chair | £434,425 | £9,426 | £325,881 | £26,066 | £1,116,676 |
| Jim Gibson | Executive Director |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £1,312,640 | 45:1 | 39:1 | 28:1 |
| 2024 | A | £1,335,753 | 50:1 | 42:1 | 28:1 |
Richard Robert Cotton
Director
Tenure: 10 yrsResigned: 21 Jul 2022
Adrian Charles Jonathan Lee
Director
Tenure: 22 yrs 4 mosResigned: 21 Jul 2022
Julia Persephone Hailes
Director
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 15 Jan 2021
Tenure: 7 yrs 1 mosResigned: 5 Aug 2020
Stephen Richard Johnson
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 11 mosResigned: 5 Aug 2020
Timothy Nicholas Clark
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 11 mosResigned: 19 Jul 2018
Christopher Mark Richardson
Director
NJ
Nicholas John Vetch
Chair
27 yrs 7 mosAge: 64British
JR
John Richard Trotman
Executive Director
18 yrs 7 mosAge: 48British
SL
Shauna Louise Beavis
Secretary
15 yrs 1 mos
DA
Dr Anna Julia Keay
Director
8 yrs 1 mosAge: 51British
LE
Laela Elizabeth Pakpour Tabrizi
Director
5 yrs 9 mosAge: 44British
HJ
Heather Jane Savory
Director
5 yrs 1 mosAge: 63British
MK
Michael Kane O'donnell
Director
4 yrs 7 mosAge: 59Irish
JD
John Duncanson Hunter
Director
9 mosAge: 49British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chair | 4 Sept 1998 | 27 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Executive Director | 25 Sept 2007 | 18 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Secretary | 26 Mar 2011 | 15 yrs 1 mos | – |
| Director | 1 Mar 2018 | 8 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Nicholas Vetch | Chair | £434,425 | £9,426 | £325,881 | £26,066 | £1,116,676 |
| Jim Gibson | Executive Director |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £1,312,640 | 45:1 | 39:1 | 28:1 |
| 2024 | A | £1,335,753 | 50:1 | 42:1 | 28:1 |
Richard Robert Cotton
Director
Tenure: 10 yrsResigned: 21 Jul 2022
Adrian Charles Jonathan Lee
Director
Tenure: 22 yrs 4 mosResigned: 21 Jul 2022
Julia Persephone Hailes
Director
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 15 Jan 2021
Tenure: 7 yrs 1 mosResigned: 5 Aug 2020
Stephen Richard Johnson
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 11 mosResigned: 5 Aug 2020
Timothy Nicholas Clark
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 11 mosResigned: 19 Jul 2018
Christopher Mark Richardson
Director
LE Laela Elizabeth Pakpour Tabrizi | Director | 1 Jul 2020 | 5 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Director | 1 Mar 2021 | 5 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Director | 1 Sept 2021 | 4 yrs 7 mos | Irish |
| Director | 17 Jul 2025 | 9 mos | British |
| John Trotman | Executive Director | £376,500 | £2,998 | £282,433 | £22,590 | £962,613 |
Prior year comparison (3 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Nicholas Vetch | Chair | £417,700 | £5,999 | £370,645 | £25,062 | £1,135,814 |
| Jim Gibson | Executive Director | £490,100 | £8,502 | £436,494 | £29,406 | £1,335,753 |
| John Trotman | Executive Director | £362,000 | £2,154 | £324,428 | £21,720 | £984,517 |
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 20 Jul 2017
Jonathan Ottley Short
Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 5 mosResigned: 10 Jul 2012
Michael Alan Cole
Secretary
Tenure: 7 yrs 8 mosResigned: 26 Mar 2011
David Peter John Ross
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 9 mosResigned: 10 Dec 2008
David Julian White
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 4 mosResigned: 9 Jul 2008
Philip Adrian Burks
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 3 mosResigned: 5 Nov 2007
Stephen Terence Homer
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 Nov 2005
James Ernest Gibson
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Jul 2003
Joanne Lesley Elliott
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 7 mosResigned: 13 Apr 2000
Jonathan Martin Austen
Director
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 16 Feb 2000
Richard Stephen Mully
Director
Tenure: 2 mosResigned: 3 Nov 1999
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Richard Robert Cotton | Director | 10 Jul 2012 | 21 Jul 2022 | 10 yrs | British |
| Adrian Charles Jonathan Lee | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 21 Jul 2022 | 22 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Julia Persephone Hailes | Director | 1 Mar 2020 | 15 Jan 2021 | 10 mos | British |
| Georgina Harvey | Director | 1 Jul 2013 | 5 Aug 2020 | 7 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Stephen Richard Johnson | Director | 24 Sept 2010 | 5 Aug 2020 | 9 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Timothy Nicholas Clark | Director | 1 Aug 2008 | 19 Jul 2018 | 9 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Christopher Mark Richardson | Director | 1 Jul 2008 |
LE Laela Elizabeth Pakpour Tabrizi | Director | 1 Jul 2020 | 5 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Director | 1 Mar 2021 | 5 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Director | 1 Sept 2021 | 4 yrs 7 mos | Irish |
| Director | 17 Jul 2025 | 9 mos | British |
| John Trotman | Executive Director | £376,500 | £2,998 | £282,433 | £22,590 | £962,613 |
Prior year comparison (3 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Nicholas Vetch | Chair | £417,700 | £5,999 | £370,645 | £25,062 | £1,135,814 |
| Jim Gibson | Executive Director | £490,100 | £8,502 | £436,494 | £29,406 | £1,335,753 |
| John Trotman | Executive Director | £362,000 | £2,154 | £324,428 | £21,720 | £984,517 |
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 20 Jul 2017
Jonathan Ottley Short
Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 5 mosResigned: 10 Jul 2012
Michael Alan Cole
Secretary
Tenure: 7 yrs 8 mosResigned: 26 Mar 2011
David Peter John Ross
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 9 mosResigned: 10 Dec 2008
David Julian White
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 4 mosResigned: 9 Jul 2008
Philip Adrian Burks
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 3 mosResigned: 5 Nov 2007
Stephen Terence Homer
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 Nov 2005
James Ernest Gibson
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Jul 2003
Joanne Lesley Elliott
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 7 mosResigned: 13 Apr 2000
Jonathan Martin Austen
Director
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 16 Feb 2000
Richard Stephen Mully
Director
Tenure: 2 mosResigned: 3 Nov 1999
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Richard Robert Cotton | Director | 10 Jul 2012 | 21 Jul 2022 | 10 yrs | British |
| Adrian Charles Jonathan Lee | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 21 Jul 2022 | 22 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Julia Persephone Hailes | Director | 1 Mar 2020 | 15 Jan 2021 | 10 mos | British |
| Georgina Harvey | Director | 1 Jul 2013 | 5 Aug 2020 | 7 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Stephen Richard Johnson | Director | 24 Sept 2010 | 5 Aug 2020 | 9 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Timothy Nicholas Clark | Director | 1 Aug 2008 | 19 Jul 2018 | 9 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Christopher Mark Richardson | Director | 1 Jul 2008 |
| Jonathan Ottley Short | Director | 16 Feb 2000 | 10 Jul 2012 | 12 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Michael Alan Cole | Secretary | 31 Jul 2003 | 26 Mar 2011 | 7 yrs 8 mos | British |
| David Peter John Ross | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 10 Dec 2008 | 8 yrs 9 mos | British |
| David Julian White | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 9 Jul 2008 | 8 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Philip Adrian Burks | Director | 26 Aug 1998 | 5 Nov 2007 | 9 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Stephen Terence Homer | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 30 Nov 2005 | 5 yrs 8 mos | British |
| James Ernest Gibson | Secretary | 26 Aug 1998 | 31 Jul 2003 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Joanne Lesley Elliott | Director | 25 Sept 1998 | 13 Apr 2000 | 1 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Jonathan Martin Austen | Director | 3 Nov 1999 | 16 Feb 2000 | 3 mos | British |
| Richard Stephen Mully | Director | 20 Sept 1999 | 3 Nov 1999 | 2 mos | British |
| Jonathan Ottley Short | Director | 16 Feb 2000 | 10 Jul 2012 | 12 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Michael Alan Cole | Secretary | 31 Jul 2003 | 26 Mar 2011 | 7 yrs 8 mos | British |
| David Peter John Ross | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 10 Dec 2008 | 8 yrs 9 mos | British |
| David Julian White | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 9 Jul 2008 | 8 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Philip Adrian Burks | Director | 26 Aug 1998 | 5 Nov 2007 | 9 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Stephen Terence Homer | Director | 31 Mar 2000 | 30 Nov 2005 | 5 yrs 8 mos | British |
| James Ernest Gibson | Secretary | 26 Aug 1998 | 31 Jul 2003 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Joanne Lesley Elliott | Director | 25 Sept 1998 | 13 Apr 2000 | 1 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Jonathan Martin Austen | Director | 3 Nov 1999 | 16 Feb 2000 | 3 mos | British |
| Richard Stephen Mully | Director | 20 Sept 1999 | 3 Nov 1999 | 2 mos | British |
