Qinetiq Group PLC (QQ.) Board of Directors | TickerNeil Anthony Johnson
Group Chair
7 yrs 2 mosAge: 77British
Stephen John Wadey
Chief Executive Officer
11 yrs 2 mosAge: 57British
Martin Stephen Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
1 yrs 9 mosAge: 51British
Shonaid Christina Ross Jemmett-Page
Independent Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 1 mosAge: 66British
General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger
Independent Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 8 mosAge: 64British
Steven Lewis Mogford
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
3 yrs 10 mosAge: 70British
Independent Non-Executive Director
2 yrs 3 mosAge: 61British
Roger Arnold Krone
Independent Non-Executive Director
1 yrs 5 mosAge: 69American
Dr. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro
Director
1 yrs 7 mosAge: 42American
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Group Chair | 2 Apr 2019 | 7 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 27 Apr 2015 | 11 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Chief Financial Officer | 2 Sept 2024 | 1 yrs 9 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2023)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Steve Wadey | Executive Director | £689,160 | £0 | £1,180 | £72,000 | £2,928,669 |
| Neil Johnson | Non-Executive Director |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| FY24 | A | £2,928,669 | 67:1 | 50:1 | 38:1 |
| FY23 | A | £2,164,306 | 53:1 | 40:1 | 31:1 |
Ross Maxwell McEwan
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 17 Jul 2025
Susan Jane Searle
Director
Tenure: 11 yrsResigned: 31 Mar 2025
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 16 Apr 2024
Lawerence Burns Prior
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 16 Mar 2024
John Michael Harper
Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 8 mosResigned: 20 Jul 2023
Neil Anthony Johnson
Group Chair
7 yrs 2 mosAge: 77British
Stephen John Wadey
Chief Executive Officer
11 yrs 2 mosAge: 57British
Martin Stephen Cooper
Chief Financial Officer
1 yrs 9 mosAge: 51British
Shonaid Christina Ross Jemmett-Page
Independent Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 1 mosAge: 66British
General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger
Independent Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 8 mosAge: 64British
Steven Lewis Mogford
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
3 yrs 10 mosAge: 70British
Independent Non-Executive Director
2 yrs 3 mosAge: 61British
Roger Arnold Krone
Independent Non-Executive Director
1 yrs 5 mosAge: 69American
Dr. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro
Director
1 yrs 7 mosAge: 42American
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Group Chair | 2 Apr 2019 | 7 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 27 Apr 2015 | 11 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Chief Financial Officer | 2 Sept 2024 | 1 yrs 9 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2023)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Steve Wadey | Executive Director | £689,160 | £0 | £1,180 | £72,000 | £2,928,669 |
| Neil Johnson | Non-Executive Director |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| FY24 | A | £2,928,669 | 67:1 | 50:1 | 38:1 |
| FY23 | A | £2,164,306 | 53:1 | 40:1 | 31:1 |
Ross Maxwell McEwan
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 17 Jul 2025
Susan Jane Searle
Director
Tenure: 11 yrsResigned: 31 Mar 2025
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 16 Apr 2024
Lawerence Burns Prior
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 16 Mar 2024
John Michael Harper
Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 8 mosResigned: 20 Jul 2023
Shonaid Christina Ross Jemmett-Page |
| Independent Non-Executive Director |
General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger | Independent Non-Executive Director | 12 Oct 2020 | 5 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Senior Independent Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2022 | 3 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1 Mar 2024 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 8 Jan 2025 | 1 yrs 5 mos | American |
| Secretary | 22 Jul 2022 | 3 yrs 11 mos | – |
| Director | 1 Nov 2024 | 1 yrs 7 mos | American |
| Lawrence Prior III | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £16,000 | – | – | £83,000 |
| General Sir Gordon Messenger | Non-Executive Director | £73,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £77,000 |
| Shonaid Jemmett-Page | Non-Executive Director | £73,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £77,000 |
| Susan Searle | Non-Executive Director | £73,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £77,000 |
| Steve Mogford | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £71,000 |
| Michael Harper | Non-Executive Director | £20,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £24,000 |
| Ross McEwan | Non-Executive Director | £5,000 | £0 | – | – | £10,000 |
| Dina Knight | Non-Executive Director | £5,000 | £0 | – | – | £5,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Steve Wadey | Executive Director | £664,126 | £0 | £0 | £72,000 | £2,164,306 |
| Neil Johnson | Non-Executive Director | £259,000 | £0 | – | – | £266,000 |
| Lawrence Prior III | Non-Executive Director | £65,000 | £0 | – | – | £81,000 |
| Shonaid Jemmett-Page | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £0 | – | – | £71,000 |
| General Sir Gordon Messenger | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £0 | – | – | £71,000 |
| Susan Searle | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £0 | – | – | £71,000 |
| Michael Harper | Non-Executive Director | £65,000 | £0 | – | – | £69,000 |
| Steve Mogford | Non-Executive Director | £37,000 | £0 | – | – | £41,000 |
Tenure: 6 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2022
Tenure: 11 yrs 6 mosResigned: 22 Jul 2022
David Miles Smith
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 Nov 2021
Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 26 Apr 2021
Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2020
Paul Colbeck Murray
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 9 mosResigned: 14 Jul 2020
Mark Wynne Elliott
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 1 mosResigned: 24 Jul 2019
David Anthony Mellors
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2016
Tenure: 5 yrs 1 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2014
Tenure: 8 yrs 9 mosResigned: 22 Jul 2014
Colin Victor Balmer
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2014
Sir David Bryan Lees
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 5 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2012
Admiral Edmund Peter Giambastiani Jr
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 6 mosResigned: 2 Aug 2011
David Hamilton Langstaff
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 8 mosResigned: 18 Apr 2011
Lynton David Boardman
Secretary
Tenure: 8 yrs 2 mosResigned: 14 Jan 2011
Nicholas Lawrence Luff
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2010
Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm
Director
Tenure: 7 yrsResigned: 28 Feb 2010
Graham Carvell Love
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 28 Oct 2009
Dr Peter John Fellner
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 4 Aug 2009
Douglas Russell Webb
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 May 2008
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 1 Feb 2008
Glenn Allen Youngkin
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 8 Feb 2007
Richard Dunnell Gillingwater
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 18 Jan 2006
Trevor Adrian Wooley
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 18 Jan 2006
Sir Denys Hartley Henderson
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2005
Baroness Lilian Pauline Neville Jones
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2005
Harold Edwin Kruth
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2005
Jonathan Richard Symonds
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2004
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Ross Maxwell McEwan | Director | 1 Mar 2024 | 17 Jul 2025 | 1 yrs 4 mos | New Zealander |
| Susan Jane Searle | Director | 14 Mar 2014 | 31 Mar 2025 | 11 yrs | British |
| Caroline Borg | Director | 11 Oct 2021 | 16 Apr 2024 | 2 yrs 6 mos | Australian |
| Lawerence Burns Prior | Director | 2 Aug 2021 | 16 Mar 2024 | 2 yrs 7 mos | American |
| John Michael Harper | Director | 22 Nov 2011 | 20 Jul 2023 | 11 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Lynn Brubaker | Director | 27 Jan 2016 |
Shonaid Christina Ross Jemmett-Page |
| Independent Non-Executive Director |
General Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger | Independent Non-Executive Director | 12 Oct 2020 | 5 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Senior Independent Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2022 | 3 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1 Mar 2024 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 8 Jan 2025 | 1 yrs 5 mos | American |
| Secretary | 22 Jul 2022 | 3 yrs 11 mos | – |
| Director | 1 Nov 2024 | 1 yrs 7 mos | American |
| Lawrence Prior III | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £16,000 | – | – | £83,000 |
| General Sir Gordon Messenger | Non-Executive Director | £73,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £77,000 |
| Shonaid Jemmett-Page | Non-Executive Director | £73,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £77,000 |
| Susan Searle | Non-Executive Director | £73,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £77,000 |
| Steve Mogford | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £71,000 |
| Michael Harper | Non-Executive Director | £20,000 | £4,000 | – | – | £24,000 |
| Ross McEwan | Non-Executive Director | £5,000 | £0 | – | – | £10,000 |
| Dina Knight | Non-Executive Director | £5,000 | £0 | – | – | £5,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Steve Wadey | Executive Director | £664,126 | £0 | £0 | £72,000 | £2,164,306 |
| Neil Johnson | Non-Executive Director | £259,000 | £0 | – | – | £266,000 |
| Lawrence Prior III | Non-Executive Director | £65,000 | £0 | – | – | £81,000 |
| Shonaid Jemmett-Page | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £0 | – | – | £71,000 |
| General Sir Gordon Messenger | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £0 | – | – | £71,000 |
| Susan Searle | Non-Executive Director | £67,000 | £0 | – | – | £71,000 |
| Michael Harper | Non-Executive Director | £65,000 | £0 | – | – | £69,000 |
| Steve Mogford | Non-Executive Director | £37,000 | £0 | – | – | £41,000 |
Tenure: 6 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2022
Tenure: 11 yrs 6 mosResigned: 22 Jul 2022
David Miles Smith
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 Nov 2021
Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 26 Apr 2021
Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 8 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2020
Paul Colbeck Murray
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 9 mosResigned: 14 Jul 2020
Mark Wynne Elliott
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 1 mosResigned: 24 Jul 2019
David Anthony Mellors
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2016
Tenure: 5 yrs 1 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2014
Tenure: 8 yrs 9 mosResigned: 22 Jul 2014
Colin Victor Balmer
Director
Tenure: 10 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2014
Sir David Bryan Lees
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 5 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2012
Admiral Edmund Peter Giambastiani Jr
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 6 mosResigned: 2 Aug 2011
David Hamilton Langstaff
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 8 mosResigned: 18 Apr 2011
Lynton David Boardman
Secretary
Tenure: 8 yrs 2 mosResigned: 14 Jan 2011
Nicholas Lawrence Luff
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2010
Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm
Director
Tenure: 7 yrsResigned: 28 Feb 2010
Graham Carvell Love
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 28 Oct 2009
Dr Peter John Fellner
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 4 Aug 2009
Douglas Russell Webb
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 8 mosResigned: 30 May 2008
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 1 Feb 2008
Glenn Allen Youngkin
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 8 Feb 2007
Richard Dunnell Gillingwater
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 18 Jan 2006
Trevor Adrian Wooley
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 18 Jan 2006
Sir Denys Hartley Henderson
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 6 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2005
Baroness Lilian Pauline Neville Jones
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2005
Harold Edwin Kruth
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 12 Sept 2005
Jonathan Richard Symonds
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2004
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Ross Maxwell McEwan | Director | 1 Mar 2024 | 17 Jul 2025 | 1 yrs 4 mos | New Zealander |
| Susan Jane Searle | Director | 14 Mar 2014 | 31 Mar 2025 | 11 yrs | British |
| Caroline Borg | Director | 11 Oct 2021 | 16 Apr 2024 | 2 yrs 6 mos | Australian |
| Lawerence Burns Prior | Director | 2 Aug 2021 | 16 Mar 2024 | 2 yrs 7 mos | American |
| John Michael Harper | Director | 22 Nov 2011 | 20 Jul 2023 | 11 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Lynn Brubaker | Director | 27 Jan 2016 |
| Jon Messent | Secretary | 14 Jan 2011 | 22 Jul 2022 | 11 yrs 6 mos | British |
| David Miles Smith | Director | 1 Mar 2017 | 30 Nov 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Ian Mason | Director | 3 Jun 2014 | 26 Apr 2021 | 6 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent | Director | 10 Apr 2010 | 31 Dec 2020 | 10 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Paul Colbeck Murray | Director | 25 Oct 2010 | 14 Jul 2020 | 9 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Mark Wynne Elliott | Director | 1 Jun 2009 | 24 Jul 2019 | 10 yrs 1 mos | American |
| David Anthony Mellors | Director | 20 Aug 2008 | 31 Dec 2016 | 8 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Leo Martin Quinn | Director | 16 Nov 2009 | 31 Dec 2014 | 5 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Noreen Doyle | Director | 26 Oct 2005 | 22 Jul 2014 | 8 yrs 9 mos | Us & Irish |
| Colin Victor Balmer | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 31 Jan 2014 | 10 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Sir David Bryan Lees | Director | 1 Aug 2005 | 31 Jan 2012 | 6 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Admiral Edmund Peter Giambastiani Jr | Director | 1 Feb 2008 | 2 Aug 2011 | 3 yrs 6 mos | American |
| David Hamilton Langstaff | Director | 5 Aug 2009 | 18 Apr 2011 | 1 yrs 8 mos | American |
| Lynton David Boardman | Secretary | 11 Nov 2002 | 14 Jan 2011 | 8 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Nicholas Lawrence Luff | Director | 30 Jun 2004 | 31 Dec 2010 | 6 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 28 Feb 2010 | 7 yrs | British |
| Graham Carvell Love | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 28 Oct 2009 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Dr Peter John Fellner | Director | 29 Sept 2004 | 4 Aug 2009 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Douglas Russell Webb | Director | 12 Sept 2005 | 30 May 2008 | 2 yrs 8 mos | British |
| George Tenet | Director | 24 Oct 2006 | 1 Feb 2008 | 1 yrs 4 mos | American |
| Glenn Allen Youngkin | Director | 11 Nov 2002 | 8 Feb 2007 | 4 yrs 3 mos | American |
| Richard Dunnell Gillingwater | Director | 29 Sept 2004 | 18 Jan 2006 | 1 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Trevor Adrian Wooley | Director | 29 Oct 2003 | 18 Jan 2006 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Sir Denys Hartley Henderson | Director | 4 Mar 2003 | 12 Sept 2005 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Baroness Lilian Pauline Neville Jones | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 12 Sept 2005 | 2 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Harold Edwin Kruth | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 12 Sept 2005 | 2 yrs 7 mos | American |
| Jonathan Richard Symonds | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 30 Jun 2004 | 1 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Jon Messent | Secretary | 14 Jan 2011 | 22 Jul 2022 | 11 yrs 6 mos | British |
| David Miles Smith | Director | 1 Mar 2017 | 30 Nov 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Ian Mason | Director | 3 Jun 2014 | 26 Apr 2021 | 6 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent | Director | 10 Apr 2010 | 31 Dec 2020 | 10 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Paul Colbeck Murray | Director | 25 Oct 2010 | 14 Jul 2020 | 9 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Mark Wynne Elliott | Director | 1 Jun 2009 | 24 Jul 2019 | 10 yrs 1 mos | American |
| David Anthony Mellors | Director | 20 Aug 2008 | 31 Dec 2016 | 8 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Leo Martin Quinn | Director | 16 Nov 2009 | 31 Dec 2014 | 5 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Noreen Doyle | Director | 26 Oct 2005 | 22 Jul 2014 | 8 yrs 9 mos | Us & Irish |
| Colin Victor Balmer | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 31 Jan 2014 | 10 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Sir David Bryan Lees | Director | 1 Aug 2005 | 31 Jan 2012 | 6 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Admiral Edmund Peter Giambastiani Jr | Director | 1 Feb 2008 | 2 Aug 2011 | 3 yrs 6 mos | American |
| David Hamilton Langstaff | Director | 5 Aug 2009 | 18 Apr 2011 | 1 yrs 8 mos | American |
| Lynton David Boardman | Secretary | 11 Nov 2002 | 14 Jan 2011 | 8 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Nicholas Lawrence Luff | Director | 30 Jun 2004 | 31 Dec 2010 | 6 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 28 Feb 2010 | 7 yrs | British |
| Graham Carvell Love | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 28 Oct 2009 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Dr Peter John Fellner | Director | 29 Sept 2004 | 4 Aug 2009 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Douglas Russell Webb | Director | 12 Sept 2005 | 30 May 2008 | 2 yrs 8 mos | British |
| George Tenet | Director | 24 Oct 2006 | 1 Feb 2008 | 1 yrs 4 mos | American |
| Glenn Allen Youngkin | Director | 11 Nov 2002 | 8 Feb 2007 | 4 yrs 3 mos | American |
| Richard Dunnell Gillingwater | Director | 29 Sept 2004 | 18 Jan 2006 | 1 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Trevor Adrian Wooley | Director | 29 Oct 2003 | 18 Jan 2006 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Sir Denys Hartley Henderson | Director | 4 Mar 2003 | 12 Sept 2005 | 2 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Baroness Lilian Pauline Neville Jones | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 12 Sept 2005 | 2 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Harold Edwin Kruth | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 12 Sept 2005 | 2 yrs 7 mos | American |
| Jonathan Richard Symonds | Director | 28 Feb 2003 | 30 Jun 2004 | 1 yrs 4 mos | British |
