IP Group plc (IPO) Board of Directors | TickerSir Douglas Flint
Non-executive Chairman
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MJ
Non-executive Chairman
5 mosAge: 65British
Gregory Simon Smith
Executive Director
15 yrs 4 mosAge: 47British
Executive Director
12 yrs 7 mosAge: 62British
Non-Executive Director
8 yrs 5 mosAge: 57American
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 3 mosAge: 64British,Irish
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 2 mosAge: 60Irish
Non-Executive Director
3 yrs 9 mosAge: 63British
Angela Leach
General Counsel & Company Secretary
18 yrs 9 mosBritish
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Non-executive Chairman | – | – | – |
| Non-executive Chairman | 7 May 2026 | 5 mos | British |
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Director Remuneration (FYE 2024)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Sir Douglas Flint | Chair | £227,000 | – | – | – | – | £227,000 |
Sir Douglas Jardine Flint
Chair
Tenure: 7 yrs 9 mosResigned: 18 Jun 2026
Dr Elaine Sullivan
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 11 mosResigned: 12 Jun 2024
Michael Charles Nettleton Townend
Executive Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 7 mosResigned: 6 Oct 2021
Alan John Aubrey
Executive Director
Tenure: 16 yrs 9 mosResigned: 6 Oct 2021
Professor David Knox Houston Begg
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 9 Jun 2021
Sir Douglas Flint
Non-executive Chairman
–
MJ
Non-executive Chairman
5 mosAge: 65British
Gregory Simon Smith
Executive Director
15 yrs 4 mosAge: 47British
Executive Director
12 yrs 7 mosAge: 62British
Non-Executive Director
8 yrs 5 mosAge: 57American
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 3 mosAge: 64British,Irish
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 2 mosAge: 60Irish
Non-Executive Director
3 yrs 9 mosAge: 63British
Angela Leach
General Counsel & Company Secretary
18 yrs 9 mosBritish
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Non-executive Chairman | – | – | – |
| Non-executive Chairman | 7 May 2026 | 5 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2024)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Sir Douglas Flint | Chair | £227,000 | – | – | – | – | £227,000 |
Sir Douglas Jardine Flint
Chair
Tenure: 7 yrs 9 mosResigned: 18 Jun 2026
Dr Elaine Sullivan
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 11 mosResigned: 12 Jun 2024
Michael Charles Nettleton Townend
Executive Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 7 mosResigned: 6 Oct 2021
Alan John Aubrey
Executive Director
Tenure: 16 yrs 9 mosResigned: 6 Oct 2021
Professor David Knox Houston Begg
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 9 Jun 2021
Gregory Simon Smith
| Executive Director | 20 Mar 2014 | 12 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 3 May 2018 | 8 yrs 5 mos | American |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Jul 2019 | 7 yrs 3 mos | British,Irish |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2019 | 7 yrs 2 mos | Irish |
| Non-Executive Director | 18 Jan 2023 | 3 yrs 9 mos | British |
| General Counsel & Company Secretary | 8 Jan 2008 | 18 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Greg Smith | Executive Director | £546,000 | £3,000 | £174,000 | – | £49,000 | £773,000 |
| David Baynes | Executive Director | £374,000 | £8,000 | £119,000 | – | £34,000 | £536,000 |
| Dr Caroline Brown | Non-Executive Director | £78,000 | – | – | – | – | £78,000 |
| Aedhmar Hynes | Non-Executive Director | £78,000 | – | – | – | – | £78,000 |
| Heejae Chae | Non-Executive Director | £78,000 | – | – | – | – | £78,000 |
| Anita Kidgell | Non-Executive Director | £58,000 | – | – | – | – | £58,000 |
| Dr Elaine Sullivan | Non-Executive Director | £26,000 | – | – | – | – | £26,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Sir Douglas Flint | Chair | £218,000 | – | – | – | – | £218,000 |
| Greg Smith | Executive Director | £541,000 | £3,000 | £103,000 | £70,000 | £48,000 | £765,000 |
| David Baynes | Executive Director | £371,000 | £7,000 | £70,000 | £67,000 | £33,000 | £549,000 |
| Aedhmar Hynes | Non-Executive Director | £75,000 | £21,000 | – | – | – | £96,000 |
| Dr Caroline Brown | Non-Executive Director | £75,000 | – | – | – | – | £75,000 |
| Heejae Chae | Non-Executive Director | £66,000 | – | – | – | – | £66,000 |
| Dr Elaine Sullivan | Non-Executive Director | £55,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
| Anita Kidgell | Non-Executive Director | £53,000 | – | – | – | – | £53,000 |
Jonathan Brooks
Tenure: 8 yrs 7 mosResigned: 10 Mar 2020
Tenure: 7 yrsResigned: 31 Oct 2018
Professor Lynn Gladden
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 6 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2018
Douglas Brian Liversidge
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 9 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2017
Dr Bruce Gordon Smith
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 6 mosResigned: 24 Mar 2015
Francis Adam Wakefield Carpenter
Chair
Tenure: 6 yrs 3 mosResigned: 1 Jul 2014
Charles Stephen Winward
Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 23 Apr 2014
Dr Alison Margaret Fielding
Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 5 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2013
Professor William Graham Richards
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 5 mosResigned: 14 May 2013
Christopher Roger Ettrick Brooke
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 Aug 2011
Magnus James Goodlad
Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 5 mosResigned: 27 Aug 2010
David Robert Norwood
Executive Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 7 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2008
Dr David Bruce Campbell
Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 5 mosResigned: 5 Mar 2007
Stephen Henry Ralph Brooke
Director
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2006
John Davies
Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 2 mosResigned: 13 Sept 2005
Nigel Raymond Gordon
Secretary
Tenure: 1 yrs 1 mosResigned: 9 Oct 2004
Dr Steven Koon Ching Lee
Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrsResigned: 1 Sept 2004
Harry Edward Fitzgibbons
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 8 mosResigned: 9 Jun 2004
Alexander Charles Wallace Snow
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 10 mosResigned: 20 May 2004
Andrew Nigel Wendover Beeson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 11 mosResigned: 6 Apr 2004
Dr Christopher John Wright
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 6 mosResigned: 13 Nov 2002
Charles William Byford
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 3 mosResigned: 26 Aug 2002
Anthony David Bartlett
Director
Tenure: 1 yrsResigned: 17 Jul 2002
David Albert Thomas
Director
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 17 Jan 2002
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Sir Douglas Jardine Flint | Chair | 17 Sept 2018 | 18 Jun 2026 | 7 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Dr Elaine Sullivan | Non-Executive Director | 30 Jul 2015 | 12 Jun 2024 | 8 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Michael Charles Nettleton Townend | Executive Director | 5 Mar 2007 | 6 Oct 2021 | 14 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Alan John Aubrey | Executive Director | 20 Jan 2005 | 6 Oct 2021 | 16 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Professor David Knox Houston Begg | Non-Executive Director | 18 Oct 2017 | 9 Jun 2021 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Jonathan Brooks | Non-Executive Director |
Gregory Simon Smith
| Executive Director | 20 Mar 2014 | 12 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 3 May 2018 | 8 yrs 5 mos | American |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Jul 2019 | 7 yrs 3 mos | British,Irish |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2019 | 7 yrs 2 mos | Irish |
| Non-Executive Director | 18 Jan 2023 | 3 yrs 9 mos | British |
| General Counsel & Company Secretary | 8 Jan 2008 | 18 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Greg Smith | Executive Director | £546,000 | £3,000 | £174,000 | – | £49,000 | £773,000 |
| David Baynes | Executive Director | £374,000 | £8,000 | £119,000 | – | £34,000 | £536,000 |
| Dr Caroline Brown | Non-Executive Director | £78,000 | – | – | – | – | £78,000 |
| Aedhmar Hynes | Non-Executive Director | £78,000 | – | – | – | – | £78,000 |
| Heejae Chae | Non-Executive Director | £78,000 | – | – | – | – | £78,000 |
| Anita Kidgell | Non-Executive Director | £58,000 | – | – | – | – | £58,000 |
| Dr Elaine Sullivan | Non-Executive Director | £26,000 | – | – | – | – | £26,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Sir Douglas Flint | Chair | £218,000 | – | – | – | – | £218,000 |
| Greg Smith | Executive Director | £541,000 | £3,000 | £103,000 | £70,000 | £48,000 | £765,000 |
| David Baynes | Executive Director | £371,000 | £7,000 | £70,000 | £67,000 | £33,000 | £549,000 |
| Aedhmar Hynes | Non-Executive Director | £75,000 | £21,000 | – | – | – | £96,000 |
| Dr Caroline Brown | Non-Executive Director | £75,000 | – | – | – | – | £75,000 |
| Heejae Chae | Non-Executive Director | £66,000 | – | – | – | – | £66,000 |
| Dr Elaine Sullivan | Non-Executive Director | £55,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
| Anita Kidgell | Non-Executive Director | £53,000 | – | – | – | – | £53,000 |
Jonathan Brooks
Tenure: 8 yrs 7 mosResigned: 10 Mar 2020
Tenure: 7 yrsResigned: 31 Oct 2018
Professor Lynn Gladden
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 6 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2018
Douglas Brian Liversidge
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 9 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2017
Dr Bruce Gordon Smith
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 6 mosResigned: 24 Mar 2015
Francis Adam Wakefield Carpenter
Chair
Tenure: 6 yrs 3 mosResigned: 1 Jul 2014
Charles Stephen Winward
Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 23 Apr 2014
Dr Alison Margaret Fielding
Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 5 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2013
Professor William Graham Richards
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 5 mosResigned: 14 May 2013
Christopher Roger Ettrick Brooke
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 Aug 2011
Magnus James Goodlad
Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 5 mosResigned: 27 Aug 2010
David Robert Norwood
Executive Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 7 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2008
Dr David Bruce Campbell
Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 5 mosResigned: 5 Mar 2007
Stephen Henry Ralph Brooke
Director
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2006
John Davies
Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 2 mosResigned: 13 Sept 2005
Nigel Raymond Gordon
Secretary
Tenure: 1 yrs 1 mosResigned: 9 Oct 2004
Dr Steven Koon Ching Lee
Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrsResigned: 1 Sept 2004
Harry Edward Fitzgibbons
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 8 mosResigned: 9 Jun 2004
Alexander Charles Wallace Snow
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 10 mosResigned: 20 May 2004
Andrew Nigel Wendover Beeson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 11 mosResigned: 6 Apr 2004
Dr Christopher John Wright
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 6 mosResigned: 13 Nov 2002
Charles William Byford
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 3 mosResigned: 26 Aug 2002
Anthony David Bartlett
Director
Tenure: 1 yrsResigned: 17 Jul 2002
David Albert Thomas
Director
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 17 Jan 2002
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Sir Douglas Jardine Flint | Chair | 17 Sept 2018 | 18 Jun 2026 | 7 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Dr Elaine Sullivan | Non-Executive Director | 30 Jul 2015 | 12 Jun 2024 | 8 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Michael Charles Nettleton Townend | Executive Director | 5 Mar 2007 | 6 Oct 2021 | 14 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Alan John Aubrey | Executive Director | 20 Jan 2005 | 6 Oct 2021 | 16 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Professor David Knox Houston Begg | Non-Executive Director | 18 Oct 2017 | 9 Jun 2021 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Jonathan Brooks | Non-Executive Director |
| Michael Humphrey | Chair | 14 Oct 2011 | 31 Oct 2018 | 7 yrs | British |
| Professor Lynn Gladden | Non-Executive Director | 26 Mar 2014 | 30 Sept 2018 | 4 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Douglas Brian Liversidge | Non-Executive Director | 20 Mar 2014 | 31 Dec 2017 | 3 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Dr Bruce Gordon Smith | Non-Executive Director | 11 Sept 2002 | 24 Mar 2015 | 12 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Francis Adam Wakefield Carpenter | Chair | 18 Apr 2008 | 1 Jul 2014 | 6 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Charles Stephen Winward | Executive Director | 14 Oct 2011 | 23 Apr 2014 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Dr Alison Margaret Fielding | Executive Director | 20 Jan 2005 | 30 Jun 2013 | 8 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Professor William Graham Richards | Non-Executive Director | 21 Dec 2001 | 14 May 2013 | 11 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Christopher Roger Ettrick Brooke | Non-Executive Director | 20 Dec 2001 | 31 Aug 2011 | 9 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Magnus James Goodlad | Executive Director | 31 Mar 2006 | 27 Aug 2010 | 4 yrs 5 mos | British |
| David Robert Norwood | Executive Director | 17 May 2001 | 31 Dec 2008 | 7 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Dr David Bruce Campbell | Executive Director | 8 Oct 2004 | 5 Mar 2007 | 2 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Stephen Henry Ralph Brooke | Director | 1 Jan 2006 | 12 Sept 2006 | 8 mos | British |
| John Davies | Executive Director | 16 Jul 2001 | 13 Sept 2005 | 4 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Nigel Raymond Gordon | Secretary | 29 Sept 2003 | 9 Oct 2004 | 1 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Dr Steven Koon Ching Lee | Executive Director | 26 Sept 2002 | 1 Sept 2004 | 2 yrs | British |
| Harry Edward Fitzgibbons | Non-Executive Director | 25 Oct 2001 | 9 Jun 2004 | 2 yrs 8 mos | United States |
| Alexander Charles Wallace Snow | Director | 11 Jul 2002 | 20 May 2004 | 1 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Andrew Nigel Wendover Beeson | Non-Executive Director | 17 May 2001 | 6 Apr 2004 | 2 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Dr Christopher John Wright | Director | 17 May 2001 | 13 Nov 2002 | 1 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Charles William Byford | Director | 17 May 2001 | 26 Aug 2002 | 1 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Anthony David Bartlett | Director | 16 Jul 2001 | 17 Jul 2002 | 1 yrs | British |
| David Albert Thomas | Director | 17 May 2001 | 17 Jan 2002 | 8 mos | United Kingdom |
| Michael Humphrey | Chair | 14 Oct 2011 | 31 Oct 2018 | 7 yrs | British |
| Professor Lynn Gladden | Non-Executive Director | 26 Mar 2014 | 30 Sept 2018 | 4 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Douglas Brian Liversidge | Non-Executive Director | 20 Mar 2014 | 31 Dec 2017 | 3 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Dr Bruce Gordon Smith | Non-Executive Director | 11 Sept 2002 | 24 Mar 2015 | 12 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Francis Adam Wakefield Carpenter | Chair | 18 Apr 2008 | 1 Jul 2014 | 6 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Charles Stephen Winward | Executive Director | 14 Oct 2011 | 23 Apr 2014 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Dr Alison Margaret Fielding | Executive Director | 20 Jan 2005 | 30 Jun 2013 | 8 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Professor William Graham Richards | Non-Executive Director | 21 Dec 2001 | 14 May 2013 | 11 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Christopher Roger Ettrick Brooke | Non-Executive Director | 20 Dec 2001 | 31 Aug 2011 | 9 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Magnus James Goodlad | Executive Director | 31 Mar 2006 | 27 Aug 2010 | 4 yrs 5 mos | British |
| David Robert Norwood | Executive Director | 17 May 2001 | 31 Dec 2008 | 7 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Dr David Bruce Campbell | Executive Director | 8 Oct 2004 | 5 Mar 2007 | 2 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Stephen Henry Ralph Brooke | Director | 1 Jan 2006 | 12 Sept 2006 | 8 mos | British |
| John Davies | Executive Director | 16 Jul 2001 | 13 Sept 2005 | 4 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Nigel Raymond Gordon | Secretary | 29 Sept 2003 | 9 Oct 2004 | 1 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Dr Steven Koon Ching Lee | Executive Director | 26 Sept 2002 | 1 Sept 2004 | 2 yrs | British |
| Harry Edward Fitzgibbons | Non-Executive Director | 25 Oct 2001 | 9 Jun 2004 | 2 yrs 8 mos | United States |
| Alexander Charles Wallace Snow | Director | 11 Jul 2002 | 20 May 2004 | 1 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Andrew Nigel Wendover Beeson | Non-Executive Director | 17 May 2001 | 6 Apr 2004 | 2 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Dr Christopher John Wright | Director | 17 May 2001 | 13 Nov 2002 | 1 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Charles William Byford | Director | 17 May 2001 | 26 Aug 2002 | 1 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Anthony David Bartlett | Director | 16 Jul 2001 | 17 Jul 2002 | 1 yrs | British |
| David Albert Thomas | Director | 17 May 2001 | 17 Jan 2002 | 8 mos | United Kingdom |
