Clarkson PLC (CKN) Board of Directors | TickerLaurence David Edgar Hollingworth
Chair
6 yrsAge: 68British
Andrew Leigh Case
Chief Executive Officer
18 yrs 1 mosAge: 59British
Jeffrey David Woyda
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
19 yrs 8 mosAge: 64British
Managing Director, Market Analysis, Offshore Research
–
Guy Bartleet
Managing Director, Global Handy/Supra
–
Managing Director, Renewables
–
Managing Director, Brazil
–
Timothy John Miller
Independent Non-Executive Director
8 yrs 2 mosAge: 68British
Independent Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 6 mosAge: 56British
Independent Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 4 mosAge: 54British,Australian
Constantin Michael Cotzias
Independent Non-Executive Director
1 yrs 11 mosAge: 58British
Susan Elizabeth Harris
Senior Independent Director
5 yrs 9 mosAge: 65British
RE
Rachel Elizabeth Fletcher
Secretary
9 mos
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
Laurence David Edgar Hollingworth | Chair | 23 Jul 2020 | 6 yrs | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 17 Jun 2008 | 18 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer | 1 Nov 2006 | 19 yrs 8 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
| Chair of Committee | Non-Executive Director | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| Employee Engagement Director | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
| Chair of the Trustees of staff pension schemes | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
Prior year comparison (3 directors)
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £8,701,000 | 166:1 | 98:1 | 54:1 |
| 2024 | A | £12,435,000 | 281:1 | 155:1 | 87:1 |
| 2023 | A |
Deborah Abrehart
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 9 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2025
Birger Nergaard
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 3 mosResigned: 9 May 2024
Peter George Backhouse
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 3 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2022
Sir William Gennydd Thomas
Chair
Tenure: 3 yrs 1 mosResigned: 2 Mar 2022
Marie-Louise Louise Clayton
Director
Tenure: 4 yrsResigned: 31 Jan 2021
Laurence David Edgar Hollingworth
Chair
6 yrsAge: 68British
Andrew Leigh Case
Chief Executive Officer
18 yrs 1 mosAge: 59British
Jeffrey David Woyda
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
19 yrs 8 mosAge: 64British
Managing Director, Market Analysis, Offshore Research
–
Guy Bartleet
Managing Director, Global Handy/Supra
–
Managing Director, Renewables
–
Managing Director, Brazil
–
Timothy John Miller
Independent Non-Executive Director
8 yrs 2 mosAge: 68British
Independent Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 6 mosAge: 56British
Independent Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 4 mosAge: 54British,Australian
Constantin Michael Cotzias
Independent Non-Executive Director
1 yrs 11 mosAge: 58British
Susan Elizabeth Harris
Senior Independent Director
5 yrs 9 mosAge: 65British
RE
Rachel Elizabeth Fletcher
Secretary
9 mos
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
Laurence David Edgar Hollingworth | Chair | 23 Jul 2020 | 6 yrs | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 17 Jun 2008 | 18 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer | 1 Nov 2006 | 19 yrs 8 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
| Chair of Committee | Non-Executive Director | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| Employee Engagement Director | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
| Chair of the Trustees of staff pension schemes | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
Prior year comparison (3 directors)
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £8,701,000 | 166:1 | 98:1 | 54:1 |
| 2024 | A | £12,435,000 | 281:1 | 155:1 | 87:1 |
| 2023 | A |
Deborah Abrehart
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 9 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2025
Birger Nergaard
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 3 mosResigned: 9 May 2024
Peter George Backhouse
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 3 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2022
Sir William Gennydd Thomas
Chair
Tenure: 3 yrs 1 mosResigned: 2 Mar 2022
Marie-Louise Louise Clayton
Director
Tenure: 4 yrsResigned: 31 Jan 2021
| Managing Director, Market Analysis, Offshore Research |
| Managing Director, Global Handy/Supra | – | – | – |
| Managing Director, Renewables | – | – | – |
| Managing Director, Brazil | – | – | – |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 22 May 2018 | 8 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 31 Jan 2020 | 6 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 26 Mar 2021 | 5 yrs 4 mos | British,Australian |
Constantin Michael Cotzias | Independent Non-Executive Director | 5 Aug 2024 | 1 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Senior Independent Director | 7 Oct 2020 | 5 yrs 9 mos | British |
RE Rachel Elizabeth Fletcher | Secretary | 1 Oct 2025 | 9 mos | – |
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
| Chair of Committee | Non-Executive Director | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| Employee Engagement Director | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
| Chair of the Trustees of staff pension schemes | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
| 2022 | A | £10,154,000 | 210:1 | 121:1 | 70:1 |
| 2021 | A | £6,648,000 | 131:1 | 76:1 | 46:1 |
| 2020 | A | £3,170,000 | 72:1 | 42:1 | 25:1 |
| 2019 | A | £3,265,000 | 84:1 | 49:1 | 27:1 |
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 30 Nov 2020
James Hughes-Hallett
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 2 mosResigned: 12 Oct 2019
Tenure: 4 yrs 2 mosResigned: 1 Apr 2019
Edmond William Warner
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 8 mosResigned: 13 Feb 2019
Michael John Christopher Cahill
Secretary
Tenure: 4 mosResigned: 9 Apr 2018
Tenure: 4 yrs 1 mosResigned: 21 Dec 2017
Tenure: 8 yrs 6 mosResigned: 12 May 2017
Robert John Benton
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 8 mosResigned: 1 Jan 2015
Tenure: 1 yrs 1 mosResigned: 9 May 2014
Nicholas Bucksey
Secretary
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 4 Nov 2013
Stephen Gregory Deasey
Secretary
Tenure: 7 yrs 9 mosResigned: 11 Mar 2013
Robert Martin Stopford
Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 6 mosResigned: 8 Mar 2012
Paul Anthony Wogan
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 10 Feb 2012
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2008
Mr Timothy Charles Harris, Cbe, Fca, Acma
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 5 mosResigned: 28 Aug 2008
Martin Alleyn Watson
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 7 mosResigned: 20 Apr 2007
Robert Dennis Ward
Director
Tenure: 13 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2006
Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2005
Michael Ernest Beckett
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 26 May 2004
Gary Douglas Weston
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 30 Apr 2004
David Hugh Gilbert
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 May 2003
Richard John Fulford Smith
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Jul 2002
Stephen Lawrence James
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 21 May 2002
Tenure: 7 yrs 11 mosResigned: 4 Sept 2001
Rex William Harrington
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Sept 1998
Martin Charles Fairley
Secretary
Tenure: –Resigned: 31 May 1998
Hugh O Neill McCoy
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 9 Feb 1998
Tenure: 2 yrs 1 mosResigned: 24 Sept 1996
Brian Francis Burns
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 25 May 1995
Basil Hamilton Barr
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 25 May 1995
Tenure: –Resigned: 27 May 1993
Michael John Wade
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 22 Jan 1993
Tenure: –Resigned: 22 Jan 1993
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Deborah Abrehart | Secretary | 1 Dec 2020 | 30 Sept 2025 | 4 yrs 9 mos | – |
| Birger Nergaard | Non-Executive Director | 2 Feb 2015 | 9 May 2024 | 9 yrs 3 mos | Norwegian |
| Peter George Backhouse | Non-Executive Director | 16 Sept 2013 | 31 Dec 2022 | 9 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Sir William Gennydd Thomas | Chair | 13 Feb 2019 | 2 Mar 2022 | 3 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Marie-Louise Louise Clayton | Director | 1 Jan 2017 | 31 Jan 2021 | 4 yrs | British |
| Rachel Louise Spencer | Secretary | 9 Apr 2018 |
| Managing Director, Market Analysis, Offshore Research |
| Managing Director, Global Handy/Supra | – | – | – |
| Managing Director, Renewables | – | – | – |
| Managing Director, Brazil | – | – | – |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 22 May 2018 | 8 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 31 Jan 2020 | 6 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 26 Mar 2021 | 5 yrs 4 mos | British,Australian |
Constantin Michael Cotzias | Independent Non-Executive Director | 5 Aug 2024 | 1 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Senior Independent Director | 7 Oct 2020 | 5 yrs 9 mos | British |
RE Rachel Elizabeth Fletcher | Secretary | 1 Oct 2025 | 9 mos | – |
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
| Chair of Committee | Non-Executive Director | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| Employee Engagement Director | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
| Chair of the Trustees of staff pension schemes | Non-Executive Director | £15,000 | £15,000 |
| 2022 | A | £10,154,000 | 210:1 | 121:1 | 70:1 |
| 2021 | A | £6,648,000 | 131:1 | 76:1 | 46:1 |
| 2020 | A | £3,170,000 | 72:1 | 42:1 | 25:1 |
| 2019 | A | £3,265,000 | 84:1 | 49:1 | 27:1 |
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 30 Nov 2020
James Hughes-Hallett
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 2 mosResigned: 12 Oct 2019
Tenure: 4 yrs 2 mosResigned: 1 Apr 2019
Edmond William Warner
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 8 mosResigned: 13 Feb 2019
Michael John Christopher Cahill
Secretary
Tenure: 4 mosResigned: 9 Apr 2018
Tenure: 4 yrs 1 mosResigned: 21 Dec 2017
Tenure: 8 yrs 6 mosResigned: 12 May 2017
Robert John Benton
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 8 mosResigned: 1 Jan 2015
Tenure: 1 yrs 1 mosResigned: 9 May 2014
Nicholas Bucksey
Secretary
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 4 Nov 2013
Stephen Gregory Deasey
Secretary
Tenure: 7 yrs 9 mosResigned: 11 Mar 2013
Robert Martin Stopford
Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 6 mosResigned: 8 Mar 2012
Paul Anthony Wogan
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 10 Feb 2012
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2008
Mr Timothy Charles Harris, Cbe, Fca, Acma
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 5 mosResigned: 28 Aug 2008
Martin Alleyn Watson
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 7 mosResigned: 20 Apr 2007
Robert Dennis Ward
Director
Tenure: 13 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2006
Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2005
Michael Ernest Beckett
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 26 May 2004
Gary Douglas Weston
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 30 Apr 2004
David Hugh Gilbert
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 May 2003
Richard John Fulford Smith
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Jul 2002
Stephen Lawrence James
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 21 May 2002
Tenure: 7 yrs 11 mosResigned: 4 Sept 2001
Rex William Harrington
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Sept 1998
Martin Charles Fairley
Secretary
Tenure: –Resigned: 31 May 1998
Hugh O Neill McCoy
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 9 Feb 1998
Tenure: 2 yrs 1 mosResigned: 24 Sept 1996
Brian Francis Burns
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 25 May 1995
Basil Hamilton Barr
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 25 May 1995
Tenure: –Resigned: 27 May 1993
Michael John Wade
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 22 Jan 1993
Tenure: –Resigned: 22 Jan 1993
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Deborah Abrehart | Secretary | 1 Dec 2020 | 30 Sept 2025 | 4 yrs 9 mos | – |
| Birger Nergaard | Non-Executive Director | 2 Feb 2015 | 9 May 2024 | 9 yrs 3 mos | Norwegian |
| Peter George Backhouse | Non-Executive Director | 16 Sept 2013 | 31 Dec 2022 | 9 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Sir William Gennydd Thomas | Chair | 13 Feb 2019 | 2 Mar 2022 | 3 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Marie-Louise Louise Clayton | Director | 1 Jan 2017 | 31 Jan 2021 | 4 yrs | British |
| Rachel Louise Spencer | Secretary | 9 Apr 2018 |
| James Hughes-Hallett | Director | 20 Aug 2014 | 12 Oct 2019 | 5 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Peter Anker | Director | 2 Feb 2015 | 1 Apr 2019 | 4 yrs 2 mos | Norwegian |
| Edmond William Warner | Non-Executive Director | 27 Jun 2008 | 13 Feb 2019 | 10 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Michael John Christopher Cahill | Secretary | 21 Dec 2017 | 9 Apr 2018 | 4 mos | – |
| Penny Watson | Secretary | 4 Nov 2013 | 21 Dec 2017 | 4 yrs 1 mos | – |
| James Morley | Director | 5 Nov 2008 | 12 May 2017 | 8 yrs 6 mos | United Kingdom |
| Robert John Benton | Director | 25 May 2005 | 1 Jan 2015 | 9 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Philip Green | Director | 1 Apr 2013 | 9 May 2014 | 1 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Nicholas Bucksey | Secretary | 11 Mar 2013 | 4 Nov 2013 | 8 mos | – |
| Stephen Gregory Deasey | Secretary | 1 Jun 2005 | 11 Mar 2013 | 7 yrs 9 mos | United Kingdom |
| Robert Martin Stopford | Director | 1 Sept 2004 | 8 Mar 2012 | 7 yrs 6 mos | United Kingdom |
| Paul Anthony Wogan | Director | 27 Jun 2008 | 10 Feb 2012 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Martin Clark | Director | 29 Jan 2002 | 30 Sept 2008 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Mr Timothy Charles Harris, Cbe, Fca, Acma | Director | 19 Mar 2002 | 28 Aug 2008 | 6 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Martin Alleyn Watson | Director | 4 Sept 2001 | 20 Apr 2007 | 5 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Robert Dennis Ward | Director | 1 Oct 1993 | 31 Dec 2006 | 13 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Terence McEvoy | Secretary | 1 Jun 2003 | 31 Mar 2005 | 1 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Michael Ernest Beckett | Director | – | 26 May 2004 | – | British |
| Gary Douglas Weston | Director | – | 30 Apr 2004 | – | United Kingdom |
| David Hugh Gilbert | Secretary | 1 Jun 1998 | 31 May 2003 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Richard John Fulford Smith | Director | 25 May 2000 | 30 Jul 2002 | 2 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Stephen Lawrence James | Director | – | 21 May 2002 | – | British |
| Alan Brooks | Director | 1 Oct 1993 | 4 Sept 2001 | 7 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Rex William Harrington | Director | 20 Jul 1995 | 30 Sept 1998 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Martin Charles Fairley | Secretary | – | 31 May 1998 | – | British |
| Hugh O Neill McCoy | Director | – | 9 Feb 1998 | – | British |
| Paul Swain | Director | 1 Aug 1994 | 24 Sept 1996 | 2 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Brian Francis Burns | Director | – | 25 May 1995 | – | British |
| Basil Hamilton Barr | Director | – | 25 May 1995 | – | British |
| Sir Carron Greig | Director | – | 27 May 1993 | – | British |
| Michael John Wade | Director | – | 22 Jan 1993 | – | British |
| Sir Peter Parker | Director | – | 22 Jan 1993 | – | British |
| James Hughes-Hallett | Director | 20 Aug 2014 | 12 Oct 2019 | 5 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Peter Anker | Director | 2 Feb 2015 | 1 Apr 2019 | 4 yrs 2 mos | Norwegian |
| Edmond William Warner | Non-Executive Director | 27 Jun 2008 | 13 Feb 2019 | 10 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Michael John Christopher Cahill | Secretary | 21 Dec 2017 | 9 Apr 2018 | 4 mos | – |
| Penny Watson | Secretary | 4 Nov 2013 | 21 Dec 2017 | 4 yrs 1 mos | – |
| James Morley | Director | 5 Nov 2008 | 12 May 2017 | 8 yrs 6 mos | United Kingdom |
| Robert John Benton | Director | 25 May 2005 | 1 Jan 2015 | 9 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Philip Green | Director | 1 Apr 2013 | 9 May 2014 | 1 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Nicholas Bucksey | Secretary | 11 Mar 2013 | 4 Nov 2013 | 8 mos | – |
| Stephen Gregory Deasey | Secretary | 1 Jun 2005 | 11 Mar 2013 | 7 yrs 9 mos | United Kingdom |
| Robert Martin Stopford | Director | 1 Sept 2004 | 8 Mar 2012 | 7 yrs 6 mos | United Kingdom |
| Paul Anthony Wogan | Director | 27 Jun 2008 | 10 Feb 2012 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Martin Clark | Director | 29 Jan 2002 | 30 Sept 2008 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Mr Timothy Charles Harris, Cbe, Fca, Acma | Director | 19 Mar 2002 | 28 Aug 2008 | 6 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Martin Alleyn Watson | Director | 4 Sept 2001 | 20 Apr 2007 | 5 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Robert Dennis Ward | Director | 1 Oct 1993 | 31 Dec 2006 | 13 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Terence McEvoy | Secretary | 1 Jun 2003 | 31 Mar 2005 | 1 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Michael Ernest Beckett | Director | – | 26 May 2004 | – | British |
| Gary Douglas Weston | Director | – | 30 Apr 2004 | – | United Kingdom |
| David Hugh Gilbert | Secretary | 1 Jun 1998 | 31 May 2003 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Richard John Fulford Smith | Director | 25 May 2000 | 30 Jul 2002 | 2 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Stephen Lawrence James | Director | – | 21 May 2002 | – | British |
| Alan Brooks | Director | 1 Oct 1993 | 4 Sept 2001 | 7 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Rex William Harrington | Director | 20 Jul 1995 | 30 Sept 1998 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Martin Charles Fairley | Secretary | – | 31 May 1998 | – | British |
| Hugh O Neill McCoy | Director | – | 9 Feb 1998 | – | British |
| Paul Swain | Director | 1 Aug 1994 | 24 Sept 1996 | 2 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Brian Francis Burns | Director | – | 25 May 1995 | – | British |
| Basil Hamilton Barr | Director | – | 25 May 1995 | – | British |
| Sir Carron Greig | Director | – | 27 May 1993 | – | British |
| Michael John Wade | Director | – | 22 Jan 1993 | – | British |
| Sir Peter Parker | Director | – | 22 Jan 1993 | – | British |
