Drax Group PLC (DRX) Board of Directors | TickerAndrea Elisabeth Bertone
Chair
2 yrs 10 mosAge: 65American,Brazilian,Italian
DD
Dwight Daniel Willard Gardiner
CEO
10 yrs 7 mosAge: 62British,American
Vanessa Simms
Non-Executive Director
–
David Simon Matthew Nussbaum
Non-Executive Director
8 yrs 10 mosAge: 67British
John Baxter
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 2 mosAge: 75British
KA
Kimberly A Keating
Non-Executive Director
4 yrs 8 mosAge: 54Canadian
EM
Erika M Peterman
Non-Executive Director
4 yrs 8 mosAge: 51American,Panamanian
RA
Robert Andrew Shuter
Non-Executive Director
2 yrsAge: 58British,South African
FH
Frank Hendrikus Lemmink
Executive Director
9 mosAge: 58Dutch
Director of Indigenous Engagement & Partnerships
–
MS
Mark Sydney Clare
Director
4 mosAge: 68British
RD
Rebecca Dunn
Secretary
3 mos
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chair of Drax | – | – | – |
| Chair | 24 Aug 2023 | 2 yrs 10 mos | American,Brazilian,Italian |
DD Dwight Daniel Willard Gardiner | CEO | 16 Nov 2015 | 10 yrs 7 mos | British,American |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Will Gardiner | Executive Director | £724,000 | £143,000 | £862,000 | £853,000 |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £2,663,000 | 52:1 | 34:1 | 26:1 |
| 2024 | A | £2,728,000 | 62:1 | 38:1 | 29:1 |
| 2023 | A |
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 2 Mar 2026
Brett Nicholas Gladden
Secretary
Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 5 Dec 2025
Andrew Keith Skelton
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 1 Sept 2025
Dr Nicola Hodson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 4 mosResigned: 23 May 2025
Vanessa Kate Simms
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrsResigned: 18 Jun 2024
Andrea Elisabeth Bertone
Chair
2 yrs 10 mosAge: 65American,Brazilian,Italian
DD
Dwight Daniel Willard Gardiner
CEO
10 yrs 7 mosAge: 62British,American
Vanessa Simms
Non-Executive Director
–
David Simon Matthew Nussbaum
Non-Executive Director
8 yrs 10 mosAge: 67British
John Baxter
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 2 mosAge: 75British
KA
Kimberly A Keating
Non-Executive Director
4 yrs 8 mosAge: 54Canadian
EM
Erika M Peterman
Non-Executive Director
4 yrs 8 mosAge: 51American,Panamanian
RA
Robert Andrew Shuter
Non-Executive Director
2 yrsAge: 58British,South African
FH
Frank Hendrikus Lemmink
Executive Director
9 mosAge: 58Dutch
Director of Indigenous Engagement & Partnerships
–
MS
Mark Sydney Clare
Director
4 mosAge: 68British
RD
Rebecca Dunn
Secretary
3 mos
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chair of Drax | – | – | – |
| Chair | 24 Aug 2023 | 2 yrs 10 mos | American,Brazilian,Italian |
DD Dwight Daniel Willard Gardiner | CEO | 16 Nov 2015 | 10 yrs 7 mos | British,American |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Will Gardiner | Executive Director | £724,000 | £143,000 | £862,000 | £853,000 |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £2,663,000 | 52:1 | 34:1 | 26:1 |
| 2024 | A | £2,728,000 | 62:1 | 38:1 | 29:1 |
| 2023 | A |
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 2 Mar 2026
Brett Nicholas Gladden
Secretary
Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 5 Dec 2025
Andrew Keith Skelton
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 1 Sept 2025
Dr Nicola Hodson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 4 mosResigned: 23 May 2025
Vanessa Kate Simms
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrsResigned: 18 Jun 2024
Vanessa Simms
David Simon Matthew Nussbaum | Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2017 | 8 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 17 Apr 2019 | 7 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 21 Oct 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | Canadian |
| Non-Executive Director | 21 Oct 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | American,Panamanian |
| Non-Executive Director | 11 Jun 2024 | 2 yrs | British,South African |
FH Frank Hendrikus Lemmink | Executive Director | 1 Sept 2025 | 9 mos | Dutch |
| Director of Indigenous Engagement & Partnerships | – | – | – |
| Director | 13 Feb 2026 | 4 mos | British |
| Secretary | 2 Mar 2026 | 3 mos | – |
| Andy Skelton | Executive Director | £303,000 | £11,000 | £309,000 | £422,000 | £30,000 | £3,000 | £1,078,000 |
| Frank Lemmink | Executive Director | £165,000 | £60,000 | £168,000 | – | £17,000 | – | £410,000 |
| John Baxter | Non-Executive Director | £90,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Prior year comparison (3 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Will Gardiner | Executive Director | £690,000 | £23,000 | £839,000 | £1,107,000 | £69,000 | £0 | £2,728,000 |
| Andy Skelton | Executive Director | £439,000 | £16,000 | £457,000 | £616,000 | £44,000 | £0 | £1,572,000 |
| Frank Lemmink | Executive Director | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Tenure: 8 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2023
Andrew Robert Koss
Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 7 Apr 2020
Timothy Russell Cobbold
Chair
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 27 Sept 2019
Anthony David Thorne
Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 28 Jun 2019
David Clive Lindsell
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 4 mosResigned: 17 Apr 2019
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2019
Dorothy Carrington Thompson
Chair
Tenure: 12 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2017
Philip John Hudson
Secretary
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2016
Melanie Gee
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 20 Apr 2016
Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2015
Peter Richard Emery
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2015
Anthony James Quinlan
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 May 2015
Charles Andrew Berry
Chair
Tenure: 9 yrs 4 mosResigned: 22 Apr 2015
Timothy Gwynne Barker
Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 6 mosResigned: 24 Apr 2013
Patrick Michael Grasby
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 6 mosResigned: 13 Apr 2011
James Frederick Trevor Dundas
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 4 mosResigned: 21 Apr 2010
Gordon Alexander Boyd
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 10 mosResigned: 31 Aug 2008
Gordon Christopher Horsfield
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 17 Apr 2008
Peter Jeffrey Rothwell
Secretary
Tenure: 1 yrs 7 mosResigned: 15 May 2007
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Hillary Berger | Secretary | 5 Dec 2025 | 2 Mar 2026 | 3 mos | – |
| Brett Nicholas Gladden | Secretary | 1 Feb 2019 | 5 Dec 2025 | 6 yrs 10 mos | – |
| Andrew Keith Skelton | Executive Director | 2 Jan 2019 | 1 Sept 2025 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Dr Nicola Hodson | Non-Executive Director | 12 Jan 2018 | 23 May 2025 | 7 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Vanessa Kate Simms | Non-Executive Director | 19 Jun 2018 | 18 Jun 2024 | 6 yrs | British |
| Philip Gotsall Cox | Chair | 1 Jan 2015 |
Vanessa Simms
David Simon Matthew Nussbaum | Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2017 | 8 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 17 Apr 2019 | 7 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 21 Oct 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | Canadian |
| Non-Executive Director | 21 Oct 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | American,Panamanian |
| Non-Executive Director | 11 Jun 2024 | 2 yrs | British,South African |
FH Frank Hendrikus Lemmink | Executive Director | 1 Sept 2025 | 9 mos | Dutch |
| Director of Indigenous Engagement & Partnerships | – | – | – |
| Director | 13 Feb 2026 | 4 mos | British |
| Secretary | 2 Mar 2026 | 3 mos | – |
| Andy Skelton | Executive Director | £303,000 | £11,000 | £309,000 | £422,000 | £30,000 | £3,000 | £1,078,000 |
| Frank Lemmink | Executive Director | £165,000 | £60,000 | £168,000 | – | £17,000 | – | £410,000 |
| John Baxter | Non-Executive Director | £90,000 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Prior year comparison (3 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Will Gardiner | Executive Director | £690,000 | £23,000 | £839,000 | £1,107,000 | £69,000 | £0 | £2,728,000 |
| Andy Skelton | Executive Director | £439,000 | £16,000 | £457,000 | £616,000 | £44,000 | £0 | £1,572,000 |
| Frank Lemmink | Executive Director | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Tenure: 8 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2023
Andrew Robert Koss
Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 7 Apr 2020
Timothy Russell Cobbold
Chair
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 27 Sept 2019
Anthony David Thorne
Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 28 Jun 2019
David Clive Lindsell
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 4 mosResigned: 17 Apr 2019
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2019
Dorothy Carrington Thompson
Chair
Tenure: 12 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2017
Philip John Hudson
Secretary
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2016
Melanie Gee
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 20 Apr 2016
Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2015
Peter Richard Emery
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2015
Anthony James Quinlan
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 May 2015
Charles Andrew Berry
Chair
Tenure: 9 yrs 4 mosResigned: 22 Apr 2015
Timothy Gwynne Barker
Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 6 mosResigned: 24 Apr 2013
Patrick Michael Grasby
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 6 mosResigned: 13 Apr 2011
James Frederick Trevor Dundas
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 4 mosResigned: 21 Apr 2010
Gordon Alexander Boyd
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 10 mosResigned: 31 Aug 2008
Gordon Christopher Horsfield
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 17 Apr 2008
Peter Jeffrey Rothwell
Secretary
Tenure: 1 yrs 7 mosResigned: 15 May 2007
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Hillary Berger | Secretary | 5 Dec 2025 | 2 Mar 2026 | 3 mos | – |
| Brett Nicholas Gladden | Secretary | 1 Feb 2019 | 5 Dec 2025 | 6 yrs 10 mos | – |
| Andrew Keith Skelton | Executive Director | 2 Jan 2019 | 1 Sept 2025 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Dr Nicola Hodson | Non-Executive Director | 12 Jan 2018 | 23 May 2025 | 7 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Vanessa Kate Simms | Non-Executive Director | 19 Jun 2018 | 18 Jun 2024 | 6 yrs | British |
| Philip Gotsall Cox | Chair | 1 Jan 2015 |
| Andrew Robert Koss | Executive Director | 1 Jan 2016 | 7 Apr 2020 | 4 yrs 3 mos | English |
| Timothy Russell Cobbold | Chair | 27 Sept 2010 | 27 Sept 2019 | 9 yrs | British |
| Anthony David Thorne | Director | 29 Jun 2010 | 28 Jun 2019 | 9 yrs | British |
| David Clive Lindsell | Director | 1 Dec 2008 | 17 Apr 2019 | 10 yrs 4 mos | British |
| David McCallum | Secretary | 1 Jul 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 | 2 yrs 6 mos | – |
| Dorothy Carrington Thompson | Chair | 20 Oct 2005 | 31 Dec 2017 | 12 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Philip John Hudson | Secretary | 15 May 2007 | 30 Jun 2016 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Melanie Gee | Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2013 | 20 Apr 2016 | 3 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Paul Taylor | Director | 1 Sept 2011 | 31 Dec 2015 | 4 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Peter Richard Emery | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 31 Dec 2015 | 10 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Anthony James Quinlan | Non-Executive Director | 1 Sept 2008 | 31 May 2015 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Charles Andrew Berry | Chair | 15 Dec 2005 | 22 Apr 2015 | 9 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Timothy Gwynne Barker | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 24 Apr 2013 | 7 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Patrick Michael Grasby | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 13 Apr 2011 | 5 yrs 6 mos | British |
| James Frederick Trevor Dundas | Director | 15 Dec 2005 | 21 Apr 2010 | 4 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Gordon Alexander Boyd | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 31 Aug 2008 | 2 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Gordon Christopher Horsfield | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 17 Apr 2008 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Peter Jeffrey Rothwell | Secretary | 20 Oct 2005 | 15 May 2007 | 1 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Andrew Robert Koss | Executive Director | 1 Jan 2016 | 7 Apr 2020 | 4 yrs 3 mos | English |
| Timothy Russell Cobbold | Chair | 27 Sept 2010 | 27 Sept 2019 | 9 yrs | British |
| Anthony David Thorne | Director | 29 Jun 2010 | 28 Jun 2019 | 9 yrs | British |
| David Clive Lindsell | Director | 1 Dec 2008 | 17 Apr 2019 | 10 yrs 4 mos | British |
| David McCallum | Secretary | 1 Jul 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 | 2 yrs 6 mos | – |
| Dorothy Carrington Thompson | Chair | 20 Oct 2005 | 31 Dec 2017 | 12 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Philip John Hudson | Secretary | 15 May 2007 | 30 Jun 2016 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Melanie Gee | Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2013 | 20 Apr 2016 | 3 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Paul Taylor | Director | 1 Sept 2011 | 31 Dec 2015 | 4 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Peter Richard Emery | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 31 Dec 2015 | 10 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Anthony James Quinlan | Non-Executive Director | 1 Sept 2008 | 31 May 2015 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Charles Andrew Berry | Chair | 15 Dec 2005 | 22 Apr 2015 | 9 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Timothy Gwynne Barker | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 24 Apr 2013 | 7 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Patrick Michael Grasby | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 13 Apr 2011 | 5 yrs 6 mos | British |
| James Frederick Trevor Dundas | Director | 15 Dec 2005 | 21 Apr 2010 | 4 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Gordon Alexander Boyd | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 31 Aug 2008 | 2 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Gordon Christopher Horsfield | Director | 20 Oct 2005 | 17 Apr 2008 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Peter Jeffrey Rothwell | Secretary | 20 Oct 2005 | 15 May 2007 | 1 yrs 7 mos | British |
