SSP Group PLC (SSPG) Board of Directors | TickerCJ
Interim Chair
7 yrs 9 mosAge: 61British
AD
Andrew David Martin
Chair
1 mosAge: 66British
JW
Jon Wood
Chief Digital and Technology Officer
–
VK
Varun Kapur
Managing Director & CEO of Travel Food Services
–
JM
Judith Mihajlovich Vezmar
Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 11 mosAge: 69American
TR
Timothy Ralph Henry Lodge
Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 9 mosAge: 61British
AH
Apurvi Haridas Sheth
Non-Executive Director
4 yrs 6 mosAge: 59Singaporean
KK
Karina Kjaer Deacon
Non-Executive Director
1 yrs 6 mosAge: 57Danish
CM
Candace McGraw
Independent Non-Executive Director
1 mosAge: 63American
MR
Group Director of Strategy and Business Services
–
GA
CEO Eastern Europe & Middle East
–
SM
Satya Menard
CEO Continental Europe
–
KD
Kari Daniels
CEO UK & Ireland
–
PF
Group CEO
4 yrs 4 mosAge: 55Irish
FS
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
3 yrs 5 mos
GV
Group CFO
1 yrs 1 mosAge: 54Belgian
AD
Andrew David Martin
Director
1 mosAge: 66British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Interim Chair | 1 Oct 2018 | 7 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Chair | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 mos | British |
| Chief Digital and Technology Officer |
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Michael Clasper | Chair | £294,000 | £1,000 | – | – |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £1,696,000 | 66:1 | 51:1 | 36:1 |
| 2024 | B | £1,564,000 | 70:1 | 55:1 | 51:1 |
| 2023 | B | – |
Michael Clasper
Senior Independent Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 23 Jan 2026
Jonathan Owen Davies
Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2025
Kelly Lynn Kuhn
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 28 Jan 2025
Tenure: 8 yrs 8 mosResigned: 16 Feb 2023
Ian Dyson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 10 mosResigned: 4 Feb 2022
CJ
Interim Chair
7 yrs 9 mosAge: 61British
AD
Andrew David Martin
Chair
1 mosAge: 66British
JW
Jon Wood
Chief Digital and Technology Officer
–
VK
Varun Kapur
Managing Director & CEO of Travel Food Services
–
JM
Judith Mihajlovich Vezmar
Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 11 mosAge: 69American
TR
Timothy Ralph Henry Lodge
Non-Executive Director
5 yrs 9 mosAge: 61British
AH
Apurvi Haridas Sheth
Non-Executive Director
4 yrs 6 mosAge: 59Singaporean
KK
Karina Kjaer Deacon
Non-Executive Director
1 yrs 6 mosAge: 57Danish
CM
Candace McGraw
Independent Non-Executive Director
1 mosAge: 63American
MR
Group Director of Strategy and Business Services
–
GA
CEO Eastern Europe & Middle East
–
SM
Satya Menard
CEO Continental Europe
–
KD
Kari Daniels
CEO UK & Ireland
–
PF
Group CEO
4 yrs 4 mosAge: 55Irish
FS
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
3 yrs 5 mos
GV
Group CFO
1 yrs 1 mosAge: 54Belgian
AD
Andrew David Martin
Director
1 mosAge: 66British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Interim Chair | 1 Oct 2018 | 7 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Chair | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 mos | British |
| Chief Digital and Technology Officer |
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Michael Clasper | Chair | £294,000 | £1,000 | – | – |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | A | £1,696,000 | 66:1 | 51:1 | 36:1 |
| 2024 | B | £1,564,000 | 70:1 | 55:1 | 51:1 |
| 2023 | B | – |
Michael Clasper
Senior Independent Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 23 Jan 2026
Jonathan Owen Davies
Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2025
Kelly Lynn Kuhn
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 28 Jan 2025
Tenure: 8 yrs 8 mosResigned: 16 Feb 2023
Ian Dyson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 10 mosResigned: 4 Feb 2022
| Managing Director & CEO of Travel Food Services | – | – | – |
JM Judith Mihajlovich Vezmar | Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2020 | 5 yrs 11 mos | American |
TR Timothy Ralph Henry Lodge | Non-Executive Director | 1 Oct 2020 | 5 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2022 | 4 yrs 6 mos | Singaporean |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2025 | 1 yrs 6 mos | Danish |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 mos | American |
| Group Director of Strategy and Business Services | – | – | – |
| CEO Eastern Europe & Middle East | – | – | – |
| CEO Continental Europe | – | – | – |
PF Patrick Francis Coveney | Group CEO | 31 Mar 2022 | 4 yrs 4 mos | Irish |
| Group General Counsel and Company Secretary | 16 Feb 2023 | 3 yrs 5 mos | – |
| Group CFO | 9 Jun 2025 | 1 yrs 1 mos | Belgian |
| Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 mos | British |
| Patrick Coveney | Executive Director | £826,000 | £41,000 | £188,000 | £463,000 | £25,000 | £153,000 | £1,696,000 |
| Geert Verellen | Executive Director | £169,000 | £141,000 | £40,000 | – | £5,000 | – | £315,000 |
| Jonathan Davies | Executive Director | £549,000 | £16,000 | £99,000 | £308,000 | £16,000 | – | – |
| Carolyn Bradley | Non-Executive Director | £84,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £84,000 |
| Judith Vezmar | Non-Executive Director | £69,000 | £4,000 | – | – | – | – | £73,000 |
| Timothy Lodge | Non-Executive Director | £72,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £72,000 |
| Apurvi Sheth | Non-Executive Director | £60,000 | £5,000 | – | – | – | – | £65,000 |
| Karina Deacon | Non-Executive Director | £45,000 | £9,000 | – | – | – | – | £54,000 |
| Kelly Kuhn | Non-Executive Director | £19,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £20,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Michael Clasper | Chair | £285,000 | £1,000 | – | – | – | – | £286,000 |
| Patrick Coveney | Executive Director | £802,000 | £40,000 | £211,000 | £487,000 | £24,000 | – | £1,564,000 |
| Jonathan Davies | Executive Director | £533,000 | £16,000 | £120,000 | £393,000 | £16,000 | – | – |
| Carolyn Bradley | Non-Executive Director | £75,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £75,000 |
| Judith Vezmar | Non-Executive Director | £62,000 | £4,000 | – | – | – | – | £66,000 |
| Timothy Lodge | Non-Executive Director | £65,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £65,000 |
| Apurvi Sheth | Non-Executive Director | £54,000 | £2,000 | – | – | – | – | £56,000 |
| Kelly Kuhn | Non-Executive Director | £54,000 | £1,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
Tenure: 3 yrs 1 mosResigned: 24 Dec 2021
Per Utnegaard
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 7 mosResigned: 28 Feb 2021
Mr. Vagn Ove Soerensen
Director
Tenure: 13 yrs 8 mosResigned: 26 Feb 2020
Kathryn Elizabeth Swann
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 May 2019
Robert John Orr Barton
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 21 Feb 2019
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 21 Feb 2019
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 18 Jun 2015
Simon Daniel Ashley Marinker
Director
Tenure: 9 mosResigned: 16 Jun 2014
John Michael Barry Gibson
Director
Tenure: 8 yrsResigned: 16 Jun 2014
Dionysis Malamatinas
Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2013
Christiaan Van Steenbergen
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 11 mosResigned: 4 Sept 2013
Jan Inge Stahlberg
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 27 Jun 2012
Lena Birgitta Andersson Hofsberger
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 7 mosResigned: 6 Jan 2011
Asa Christina Hallert
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2008
Michael Robert Newton
Director
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 19 Feb 2007
David Charles Jeffreys
Director
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 19 Feb 2007
Tenure: 0 mosResigned: 27 Jun 2006
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Michael Clasper | Senior Independent Director | 1 Nov 2019 | 23 Jan 2026 | 6 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Jonathan Owen Davies | Executive Director | 16 Jun 2014 | 30 Sept 2025 | 11 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Kelly Lynn Kuhn | Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2022 | 28 Jan 2025 | 3 yrs | American |
| Helen Byrne | Secretary | 16 Jun 2014 | 16 Feb 2023 | 8 yrs 8 mos | – |
| Ian Dyson | Non-Executive Director | 4 Apr 2014 | 4 Feb 2022 | 7 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Simon Mark Smith | Executive Director | 20 Nov 2018 |
| Managing Director & CEO of Travel Food Services | – | – | – |
JM Judith Mihajlovich Vezmar | Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2020 | 5 yrs 11 mos | American |
TR Timothy Ralph Henry Lodge | Non-Executive Director | 1 Oct 2020 | 5 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2022 | 4 yrs 6 mos | Singaporean |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2025 | 1 yrs 6 mos | Danish |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 mos | American |
| Group Director of Strategy and Business Services | – | – | – |
| CEO Eastern Europe & Middle East | – | – | – |
| CEO Continental Europe | – | – | – |
PF Patrick Francis Coveney | Group CEO | 31 Mar 2022 | 4 yrs 4 mos | Irish |
| Group General Counsel and Company Secretary | 16 Feb 2023 | 3 yrs 5 mos | – |
| Group CFO | 9 Jun 2025 | 1 yrs 1 mos | Belgian |
| Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 1 mos | British |
| Patrick Coveney | Executive Director | £826,000 | £41,000 | £188,000 | £463,000 | £25,000 | £153,000 | £1,696,000 |
| Geert Verellen | Executive Director | £169,000 | £141,000 | £40,000 | – | £5,000 | – | £315,000 |
| Jonathan Davies | Executive Director | £549,000 | £16,000 | £99,000 | £308,000 | £16,000 | – | – |
| Carolyn Bradley | Non-Executive Director | £84,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £84,000 |
| Judith Vezmar | Non-Executive Director | £69,000 | £4,000 | – | – | – | – | £73,000 |
| Timothy Lodge | Non-Executive Director | £72,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £72,000 |
| Apurvi Sheth | Non-Executive Director | £60,000 | £5,000 | – | – | – | – | £65,000 |
| Karina Deacon | Non-Executive Director | £45,000 | £9,000 | – | – | – | – | £54,000 |
| Kelly Kuhn | Non-Executive Director | £19,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £20,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Other | Total |
|---|
| Michael Clasper | Chair | £285,000 | £1,000 | – | – | – | – | £286,000 |
| Patrick Coveney | Executive Director | £802,000 | £40,000 | £211,000 | £487,000 | £24,000 | – | £1,564,000 |
| Jonathan Davies | Executive Director | £533,000 | £16,000 | £120,000 | £393,000 | £16,000 | – | – |
| Carolyn Bradley | Non-Executive Director | £75,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £75,000 |
| Judith Vezmar | Non-Executive Director | £62,000 | £4,000 | – | – | – | – | £66,000 |
| Timothy Lodge | Non-Executive Director | £65,000 | – | – | – | – | – | £65,000 |
| Apurvi Sheth | Non-Executive Director | £54,000 | £2,000 | – | – | – | – | £56,000 |
| Kelly Kuhn | Non-Executive Director | £54,000 | £1,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
Tenure: 3 yrs 1 mosResigned: 24 Dec 2021
Per Utnegaard
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 7 mosResigned: 28 Feb 2021
Mr. Vagn Ove Soerensen
Director
Tenure: 13 yrs 8 mosResigned: 26 Feb 2020
Kathryn Elizabeth Swann
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 May 2019
Robert John Orr Barton
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 21 Feb 2019
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 21 Feb 2019
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 18 Jun 2015
Simon Daniel Ashley Marinker
Director
Tenure: 9 mosResigned: 16 Jun 2014
John Michael Barry Gibson
Director
Tenure: 8 yrsResigned: 16 Jun 2014
Dionysis Malamatinas
Director
Tenure: 7 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2013
Christiaan Van Steenbergen
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 11 mosResigned: 4 Sept 2013
Jan Inge Stahlberg
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 27 Jun 2012
Lena Birgitta Andersson Hofsberger
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 7 mosResigned: 6 Jan 2011
Asa Christina Hallert
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Sept 2008
Michael Robert Newton
Director
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 19 Feb 2007
David Charles Jeffreys
Director
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 19 Feb 2007
Tenure: 0 mosResigned: 27 Jun 2006
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Michael Clasper | Senior Independent Director | 1 Nov 2019 | 23 Jan 2026 | 6 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Jonathan Owen Davies | Executive Director | 16 Jun 2014 | 30 Sept 2025 | 11 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Kelly Lynn Kuhn | Non-Executive Director | 1 Jan 2022 | 28 Jan 2025 | 3 yrs | American |
| Helen Byrne | Secretary | 16 Jun 2014 | 16 Feb 2023 | 8 yrs 8 mos | – |
| Ian Dyson | Non-Executive Director | 4 Apr 2014 | 4 Feb 2022 | 7 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Simon Mark Smith | Executive Director | 20 Nov 2018 |
| Per Utnegaard | Non-Executive Director | 1 Jul 2015 | 28 Feb 2021 | 5 yrs 7 mos | Norwegian |
| Mr. Vagn Ove Soerensen | Director | 15 Jun 2006 | 26 Feb 2020 | 13 yrs 8 mos | Danish |
| Kathryn Elizabeth Swann | Director | 16 Jun 2014 | 31 May 2019 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Robert John Orr Barton | Non-Executive Director | 4 Apr 2014 | 21 Feb 2019 | 4 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Denis Hennequin | Director | 14 Feb 2014 | 21 Feb 2019 | 5 yrs | French |
| Per Franzen | Director | 27 Jun 2012 | 18 Jun 2015 | 3 yrs | Swedish |
| Simon Daniel Ashley Marinker | Director | 4 Sept 2013 | 16 Jun 2014 | 9 mos | British |
| John Michael Barry Gibson | Director | 15 Jun 2006 | 16 Jun 2014 | 8 yrs | British |
| Dionysis Malamatinas | Director | 5 Jul 2006 | 30 Sept 2013 | 7 yrs 2 mos | Greek |
| Christiaan Van Steenbergen | Director | 1 Oct 2010 | 4 Sept 2013 | 2 yrs 11 mos | Belgian |
| Jan Inge Stahlberg | Director | 5 Apr 2006 | 27 Jun 2012 | 6 yrs 2 mos | Swedish |
| Lena Birgitta Andersson Hofsberger | Director | 15 Jun 2006 | 6 Jan 2011 | 4 yrs 7 mos | Swedish |
| Asa Christina Hallert | Director | 7 Jun 2006 | 30 Sept 2008 | 2 yrs 3 mos | Swedish |
| Michael Robert Newton | Director | 7 Apr 2006 | 19 Feb 2007 | 10 mos | British |
| David Charles Jeffreys | Director | 5 Apr 2006 | 19 Feb 2007 | 10 mos | British |
| Ainun Binti Ayub | Director | 6 Jun 2006 | 27 Jun 2006 | 0 mos | Malaysian |
| Per Utnegaard | Non-Executive Director | 1 Jul 2015 | 28 Feb 2021 | 5 yrs 7 mos | Norwegian |
| Mr. Vagn Ove Soerensen | Director | 15 Jun 2006 | 26 Feb 2020 | 13 yrs 8 mos | Danish |
| Kathryn Elizabeth Swann | Director | 16 Jun 2014 | 31 May 2019 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Robert John Orr Barton | Non-Executive Director | 4 Apr 2014 | 21 Feb 2019 | 4 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Denis Hennequin | Director | 14 Feb 2014 | 21 Feb 2019 | 5 yrs | French |
| Per Franzen | Director | 27 Jun 2012 | 18 Jun 2015 | 3 yrs | Swedish |
| Simon Daniel Ashley Marinker | Director | 4 Sept 2013 | 16 Jun 2014 | 9 mos | British |
| John Michael Barry Gibson | Director | 15 Jun 2006 | 16 Jun 2014 | 8 yrs | British |
| Dionysis Malamatinas | Director | 5 Jul 2006 | 30 Sept 2013 | 7 yrs 2 mos | Greek |
| Christiaan Van Steenbergen | Director | 1 Oct 2010 | 4 Sept 2013 | 2 yrs 11 mos | Belgian |
| Jan Inge Stahlberg | Director | 5 Apr 2006 | 27 Jun 2012 | 6 yrs 2 mos | Swedish |
| Lena Birgitta Andersson Hofsberger | Director | 15 Jun 2006 | 6 Jan 2011 | 4 yrs 7 mos | Swedish |
| Asa Christina Hallert | Director | 7 Jun 2006 | 30 Sept 2008 | 2 yrs 3 mos | Swedish |
| Michael Robert Newton | Director | 7 Apr 2006 | 19 Feb 2007 | 10 mos | British |
| David Charles Jeffreys | Director | 5 Apr 2006 | 19 Feb 2007 | 10 mos | British |
| Ainun Binti Ayub | Director | 6 Jun 2006 | 27 Jun 2006 | 0 mos | Malaysian |
