Wetherspoon ( J.D.) plc (JDW) Board of Directors | TickerTR
Timothy Randall Martin
Chairman
–Age: 71British
JD
Chief Executive Officer
30 yrs 2 mosAge: 61British
JH
John Herring
Non-Executive Director
–
DV
Non-Executive Director
20 yrs 8 mosAge: 72British
BT
Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 11 mosAge: 67British
EG
Associate Employee Director
–
WF
Associate Employee Director
–
NC
Company Secretary and Legal Director
11 yrs 11 mos
BN
Benjamin Newton Whitley
Finance Director
11 yrsAge: 48British
HS
Employee Director
4 yrs 11 mosAge: 56British
DJ
Deborah Jayne Whittingham
Employee Director
4 yrs 11 mosAge: 57British
JU
James Ullman
Personnel and Retail Audit Director
4 yrs 6 mosAge: 55British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chairman | – | – | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 4 Sept 1996 | 30 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director |
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
| D van Gene | Non-Executive Director | £59,000 | £59,000 |
Prior year comparison (1 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
|
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | B | £1,099,000 | 49:1 | 47:1 | 43:1 |
| 2024 | B | £1,077,000 | 52:1 | 50:1 | 45:1 |
Harry Michael Charles Morley
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 20 Nov 2025
Sir Richard Gervase Beckett
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 13 yrs 7 mosResigned: 17 Nov 2022
Susan Alina Cacioppo
Executive Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 7 mosResigned: 7 Oct 2022
Elizabeth McMeikan
Senior Independent Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 6 mosResigned: 8 Oct 2019
Mark James Reckitt
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrsResigned: 26 May 2016
TR
Timothy Randall Martin
Chairman
–Age: 71British
JD
Chief Executive Officer
30 yrs 2 mosAge: 61British
JH
John Herring
Non-Executive Director
–
DV
Non-Executive Director
20 yrs 8 mosAge: 72British
BT
Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 11 mosAge: 67British
EG
Associate Employee Director
–
WF
Associate Employee Director
–
NC
Company Secretary and Legal Director
11 yrs 11 mos
BN
Benjamin Newton Whitley
Finance Director
11 yrsAge: 48British
HS
Employee Director
4 yrs 11 mosAge: 56British
DJ
Deborah Jayne Whittingham
Employee Director
4 yrs 11 mosAge: 57British
JU
James Ullman
Personnel and Retail Audit Director
4 yrs 6 mosAge: 55British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chairman | – | – | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 4 Sept 1996 | 30 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director |
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
| D van Gene | Non-Executive Director | £59,000 | £59,000 |
Prior year comparison (1 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Total |
|---|
|
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | B | £1,099,000 | 49:1 | 47:1 | 43:1 |
| 2024 | B | £1,077,000 | 52:1 | 50:1 | 45:1 |
Harry Michael Charles Morley
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 20 Nov 2025
Sir Richard Gervase Beckett
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 13 yrs 7 mosResigned: 17 Nov 2022
Susan Alina Cacioppo
Executive Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 7 mosResigned: 7 Oct 2022
Elizabeth McMeikan
Senior Independent Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 6 mosResigned: 8 Oct 2019
Mark James Reckitt
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrsResigned: 26 May 2016
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Mar 2006 | 20 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 17 Dec 2020 | 5 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Associate Employee Director | – | – | – |
| Associate Employee Director | – | – | – |
| Company Secretary and Legal Director | 18 Dec 2014 | 11 yrs 11 mos | – |
BN Benjamin Newton Whitley | Finance Director | 12 Nov 2015 | 11 yrs | British |
| Employee Director | 20 Dec 2021 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
DJ Deborah Jayne Whittingham | Employee Director | 20 Dec 2021 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Personnel and Retail Audit Director | 4 May 2022 | 4 yrs 6 mos | British |
Kirk Dyson Davis
Tenure: 3 yrs 7 mosResigned: 11 Oct 2014
Tenure: 4 yrsResigned: 11 Oct 2014
John Anthony Herring
Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 6 mosResigned: 3 Nov 2011
Paul John Harbottle
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 14 Oct 2010
Tenure: 2 yrs 9 mosResigned: 14 Oct 2010
Julie Centracchio
Secretary
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 7 Jan 2008
Tenure: 9 yrs 7 mosResigned: 26 Oct 2007
Suzanne Louise Baker
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 3 mosResigned: 20 Dec 2005
Tenure: –Resigned: 10 Nov 2005
Anthony Carmel Lowrie
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 23 Mar 2005
Nicholas Ian Cooper
Secretary
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 27 Sept 2002
Mark Lawrence Davies
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 9 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2001
Rosalyn Sharon Schofield
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 May 2001
Tenure: 2 yrs 11 mosResigned: 10 Mar 1998
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 12 Nov 1996
Raymond Randall Martin
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 1 Nov 1996
James Martin Scott
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 31 Mar 1995
Helen Christina Denham McLellan
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 25 Nov 1994
Tenure: –Resigned: 9 Aug 1994
Non-Executive Director Richard Henry Howarth
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 9 Sept 1992
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Harry Michael Charles Morley | Non-Executive Director | 3 Oct 2016 | 20 Nov 2025 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Sir Richard Gervase Beckett | Non-Executive Director | 23 Apr 2009 | 17 Nov 2022 | 13 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Susan Alina Cacioppo | Executive Director | 10 Mar 2008 | 7 Oct 2022 | 14 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Elizabeth McMeikan | Senior Independent Director | 1 Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2019 | 14 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Mark James Reckitt | Non-Executive Director | 1 May 2012 | 26 May 2016 | 4 yrs | British |
| Kirk Dyson Davis | Executive Director |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Mar 2006 | 20 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 17 Dec 2020 | 5 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Associate Employee Director | – | – | – |
| Associate Employee Director | – | – | – |
| Company Secretary and Legal Director | 18 Dec 2014 | 11 yrs 11 mos | – |
BN Benjamin Newton Whitley | Finance Director | 12 Nov 2015 | 11 yrs | British |
| Employee Director | 20 Dec 2021 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
DJ Deborah Jayne Whittingham | Employee Director | 20 Dec 2021 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Personnel and Retail Audit Director | 4 May 2022 | 4 yrs 6 mos | British |
Kirk Dyson Davis
Tenure: 3 yrs 7 mosResigned: 11 Oct 2014
Tenure: 4 yrsResigned: 11 Oct 2014
John Anthony Herring
Director
Tenure: 14 yrs 6 mosResigned: 3 Nov 2011
Paul John Harbottle
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 14 Oct 2010
Tenure: 2 yrs 9 mosResigned: 14 Oct 2010
Julie Centracchio
Secretary
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 7 Jan 2008
Tenure: 9 yrs 7 mosResigned: 26 Oct 2007
Suzanne Louise Baker
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 3 mosResigned: 20 Dec 2005
Tenure: –Resigned: 10 Nov 2005
Anthony Carmel Lowrie
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 23 Mar 2005
Nicholas Ian Cooper
Secretary
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 27 Sept 2002
Mark Lawrence Davies
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 9 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2001
Rosalyn Sharon Schofield
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 May 2001
Tenure: 2 yrs 11 mosResigned: 10 Mar 1998
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 12 Nov 1996
Raymond Randall Martin
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 1 Nov 1996
James Martin Scott
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 31 Mar 1995
Helen Christina Denham McLellan
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 25 Nov 1994
Tenure: –Resigned: 9 Aug 1994
Non-Executive Director Richard Henry Howarth
Director
Tenure: –Resigned: 9 Sept 1992
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Harry Michael Charles Morley | Non-Executive Director | 3 Oct 2016 | 20 Nov 2025 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Sir Richard Gervase Beckett | Non-Executive Director | 23 Apr 2009 | 17 Nov 2022 | 13 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Susan Alina Cacioppo | Executive Director | 10 Mar 2008 | 7 Oct 2022 | 14 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Elizabeth McMeikan | Senior Independent Director | 1 Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2019 | 14 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Mark James Reckitt | Non-Executive Director | 1 May 2012 | 26 May 2016 | 4 yrs | British |
| Kirk Dyson Davis | Executive Director |
| Kirk Davis | Secretary | 22 Oct 2010 | 11 Oct 2014 | 4 yrs | – |
| John Anthony Herring | Director | 16 May 1997 | 3 Nov 2011 | 14 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Paul John Harbottle | Director | 10 Mar 2008 | 14 Oct 2010 | 2 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Keith Down | Director | 7 Jan 2008 | 14 Oct 2010 | 2 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Julie Centracchio | Secretary | 29 Oct 2007 | 7 Jan 2008 | 3 mos | American |
| James Clarke | Director | 2 Mar 1998 | 26 Oct 2007 | 9 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Suzanne Louise Baker | Director | 4 Sept 1997 | 20 Dec 2005 | 8 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Brian Roy Jervis | Director | – | 10 Nov 2005 | – | British |
| Anthony Carmel Lowrie | Director | – | 23 Mar 2005 | – | British |
| Nicholas Ian Cooper | Secretary | 19 Nov 2001 | 27 Sept 2002 | 10 mos | British |
| Mark Lawrence Davies | Director | 4 Sept 1997 | 30 Jun 2001 | 3 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Rosalyn Sharon Schofield | Director | 4 Sept 1997 | 31 May 2001 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Richard Pennycook | Chair | 3 Apr 1995 | 10 Mar 1998 | 2 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Mark McQuarter | Director | 23 May 1994 | 12 Nov 1996 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Raymond Randall Martin | Director | – | 1 Nov 1996 | – | British |
| James Martin Scott | Director | – | 31 Mar 1995 | – | British |
| Helen Christina Denham McLellan | Director | – | 25 Nov 1994 | – | British |
| Keith Lunn | Director | – | 9 Aug 1994 | – | British |
| Non-Executive Director Richard Henry Howarth | Director | – | 9 Sept 1992 | – | British |
| Kirk Davis | Secretary | 22 Oct 2010 | 11 Oct 2014 | 4 yrs | – |
| John Anthony Herring | Director | 16 May 1997 | 3 Nov 2011 | 14 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Paul John Harbottle | Director | 10 Mar 2008 | 14 Oct 2010 | 2 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Keith Down | Director | 7 Jan 2008 | 14 Oct 2010 | 2 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Julie Centracchio | Secretary | 29 Oct 2007 | 7 Jan 2008 | 3 mos | American |
| James Clarke | Director | 2 Mar 1998 | 26 Oct 2007 | 9 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Suzanne Louise Baker | Director | 4 Sept 1997 | 20 Dec 2005 | 8 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Brian Roy Jervis | Director | – | 10 Nov 2005 | – | British |
| Anthony Carmel Lowrie | Director | – | 23 Mar 2005 | – | British |
| Nicholas Ian Cooper | Secretary | 19 Nov 2001 | 27 Sept 2002 | 10 mos | British |
| Mark Lawrence Davies | Director | 4 Sept 1997 | 30 Jun 2001 | 3 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Rosalyn Sharon Schofield | Director | 4 Sept 1997 | 31 May 2001 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Richard Pennycook | Chair | 3 Apr 1995 | 10 Mar 1998 | 2 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Mark McQuarter | Director | 23 May 1994 | 12 Nov 1996 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Raymond Randall Martin | Director | – | 1 Nov 1996 | – | British |
| James Martin Scott | Director | – | 31 Mar 1995 | – | British |
| Helen Christina Denham McLellan | Director | – | 25 Nov 1994 | – | British |
| Keith Lunn | Director | – | 9 Aug 1994 | – | British |
| Non-Executive Director Richard Henry Howarth | Director | – | 9 Sept 1992 | – | British |
