Unite Group plc (UTG) Board of Directors | TickerRichard Norman Legh Huntingford
Chair
5 yrs 10 mosAge: 70British
Joseph Julian Lister
Chief Executive Officer
18 yrs 9 mosAge: 54British
Chief Financial Officer
2 yrs 9 mosAge: 43British
Ilaria del Beato
Non-Executive Director
–
Thomas Jackson
Non-Executive Director
–
Ross Paterson
Non-Executive Director
–
Duncan Cooper
Non-Executive Director
–
IJ
Ilaria Jane Del Beato
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 10 mosAge: 60British
Professor Dame Shirley Anne Pearce
Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 11 mosAge: 72British
Sir Steve Smith
Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 6 mosAge: 74British
Angela Jain
Non-Executive Director
3 yrs 2 mosAge: 60British
DJ
Duncan John Cooper
Executive Director
4 mosAge: 47British
Nicola Joy Dulieu
Senior Independent Director
4 yrs 1 mosAge: 62British
Christopher Robert Szpojnarowicz
Company Secretary
13 yrs 5 mosBritish
Duncan John Cooper
Director
4 mosAge: 47British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
Richard Norman Legh Huntingford | Chair | 1 Dec 2020 | 5 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 2 Jan 2008 | 18 yrs 9 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Joe Lister | Executive Director | £622,073 | £17,868 | £320,057 | £274,913 | £60,585 |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | B | £1,295,496 | 44:1 | 42:1 | 31:1 |
| 2024 | B | £1,683,848 | 63:1 | 56:1 | 42:1 |
Ross John Paterson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Aug 2026
Thomas Oliver Jackson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 7 mosResigned: 22 Jun 2026
Richard Sauvan Smith
Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2023
Elizabeth McMeikan
Senior Independent Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 28 Feb 2023
Richard John Akers
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 15 Dec 2021
Richard Norman Legh Huntingford
Chair
5 yrs 10 mosAge: 70British
Joseph Julian Lister
Chief Executive Officer
18 yrs 9 mosAge: 54British
Chief Financial Officer
2 yrs 9 mosAge: 43British
Ilaria del Beato
Non-Executive Director
–
Thomas Jackson
Non-Executive Director
–
Ross Paterson
Non-Executive Director
–
Duncan Cooper
Non-Executive Director
–
IJ
Ilaria Jane Del Beato
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 10 mosAge: 60British
Professor Dame Shirley Anne Pearce
Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 11 mosAge: 72British
Sir Steve Smith
Non-Executive Director
6 yrs 6 mosAge: 74British
Angela Jain
Non-Executive Director
3 yrs 2 mosAge: 60British
DJ
Duncan John Cooper
Executive Director
4 mosAge: 47British
Nicola Joy Dulieu
Senior Independent Director
4 yrs 1 mosAge: 62British
Christopher Robert Szpojnarowicz
Company Secretary
13 yrs 5 mosBritish
Duncan John Cooper
Director
4 mosAge: 47British
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
Richard Norman Legh Huntingford | Chair | 1 Dec 2020 | 5 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | 2 Jan 2008 | 18 yrs 9 mos | British |
|
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Joe Lister | Executive Director | £622,073 | £17,868 | £320,057 | £274,913 | £60,585 |
| Year | Method | CEO Total | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|
| 2025 | B | £1,295,496 | 44:1 | 42:1 | 31:1 |
| 2024 | B | £1,683,848 | 63:1 | 56:1 | 42:1 |
Ross John Paterson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Aug 2026
Thomas Oliver Jackson
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 7 mosResigned: 22 Jun 2026
Richard Sauvan Smith
Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2023
Elizabeth McMeikan
Senior Independent Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 28 Feb 2023
Richard John Akers
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 15 Dec 2021
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Dec 2018 | 7 yrs 10 mos | British |
Professor Dame Shirley Anne Pearce | Non-Executive Director | 1 Nov 2019 | 6 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Apr 2020 | 6 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2023 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Executive Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 4 mos | British |
| Senior Independent Director | 1 Sept 2022 | 4 yrs 1 mos | British |
Christopher Robert Szpojnarowicz | Company Secretary | 1 May 2013 | 13 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 4 mos | British |
| Mike Burt | Executive Director | £425,000 | £15,054 | £218,663 | £78,933 | £39,249 | £776,899 |
Prior year comparison (2 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Joe Lister | Executive Director | £606,900 | £17,120 | £569,272 | £431,095 | £59,460 | £1,683,848 |
| Mike Burt | Executive Director | £393,750 | £15,049 | £369,338 | £77,011 | £36,186 | £891,333 |
Philip Michael White
Tenure: 12 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2021
Sir Robert James Timothy Wilson
Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 31 Dec 2019
Andrew Marc Jones
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 3 mosResigned: 9 May 2019
Richard Charles Simpson
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 18 May 2018
Manjit Wolstenholme
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 11 mosResigned: 23 Nov 2017
Tenure: 0 mosResigned: 27 Oct 2016
Patrick Joseph Anthony Dempsey
Director
Tenure: 5 mosResigned: 2 Aug 2016
Mark Christopher Allan
Executive Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 May 2016
Richard Scott Walker
Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 6 mosResigned: 15 May 2014
Andrew Donald Reid
Secretary
Tenure: 13 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Apr 2013
Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 16 Apr 2013
Nigel Patrick Hall
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 2 mosResigned: 17 May 2012
John Michael Tonkiss
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2011
Geoffrey Keggen Maddrell
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 10 mosResigned: 15 May 2009
Nicholas Anthony Porter
Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 10 mosResigned: 15 May 2009
Antony Charles Harris
Director
Tenure: 1 yrsResigned: 2 Jan 2008
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2007
Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 1 Mar 2004
Simon Laurence Bernstein
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 17 Nov 2003
David Peter Ransome
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2003
David Frederick Naish
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 4 mosResigned: 25 Mar 2003
Peter Andrew Travers Griffin
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 2 Feb 2001
Timothy John Butler
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 8 mosResigned: 4 Jul 2000
Andrew James Whatson
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 3 mosResigned: 15 Feb 2000
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Ross John Paterson | Non-Executive Director | 21 Sept 2017 | 31 Aug 2026 | 8 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Thomas Oliver Jackson | Non-Executive Director | 28 Nov 2019 | 22 Jun 2026 | 6 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Richard Sauvan Smith | Executive Director | 2 Jan 2012 | 31 Dec 2023 | 11 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Elizabeth McMeikan | Senior Independent Director | 1 Feb 2014 | 28 Feb 2023 | 9 yrs | British |
| Richard John Akers | Non-Executive Director | 1 Sept 2018 | 15 Dec 2021 | 3 yrs 3 mos | English |
| Philip Michael White | Chair | 21 Jan 2009 |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Dec 2018 | 7 yrs 10 mos | British |
Professor Dame Shirley Anne Pearce | Non-Executive Director | 1 Nov 2019 | 6 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Apr 2020 | 6 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Non-Executive Director | 1 Aug 2023 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Executive Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 4 mos | British |
| Senior Independent Director | 1 Sept 2022 | 4 yrs 1 mos | British |
Christopher Robert Szpojnarowicz | Company Secretary | 1 May 2013 | 13 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Director | 1 Jun 2026 | 4 mos | British |
| Mike Burt | Executive Director | £425,000 | £15,054 | £218,663 | £78,933 | £39,249 | £776,899 |
Prior year comparison (2 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Joe Lister | Executive Director | £606,900 | £17,120 | £569,272 | £431,095 | £59,460 | £1,683,848 |
| Mike Burt | Executive Director | £393,750 | £15,049 | £369,338 | £77,011 | £36,186 | £891,333 |
Philip Michael White
Tenure: 12 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2021
Sir Robert James Timothy Wilson
Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 31 Dec 2019
Andrew Marc Jones
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 3 mosResigned: 9 May 2019
Richard Charles Simpson
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 18 May 2018
Manjit Wolstenholme
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 11 mosResigned: 23 Nov 2017
Tenure: 0 mosResigned: 27 Oct 2016
Patrick Joseph Anthony Dempsey
Director
Tenure: 5 mosResigned: 2 Aug 2016
Mark Christopher Allan
Executive Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 May 2016
Richard Scott Walker
Executive Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 6 mosResigned: 15 May 2014
Andrew Donald Reid
Secretary
Tenure: 13 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Apr 2013
Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 16 Apr 2013
Nigel Patrick Hall
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 2 mosResigned: 17 May 2012
John Michael Tonkiss
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 11 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2011
Geoffrey Keggen Maddrell
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 10 mosResigned: 15 May 2009
Nicholas Anthony Porter
Director
Tenure: 12 yrs 10 mosResigned: 15 May 2009
Antony Charles Harris
Director
Tenure: 1 yrsResigned: 2 Jan 2008
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2007
Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 1 Mar 2004
Simon Laurence Bernstein
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 7 mosResigned: 17 Nov 2003
David Peter Ransome
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 3 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2003
David Frederick Naish
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 4 mosResigned: 25 Mar 2003
Peter Andrew Travers Griffin
Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 2 Feb 2001
Timothy John Butler
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 8 mosResigned: 4 Jul 2000
Andrew James Whatson
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 3 mosResigned: 15 Feb 2000
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Ross John Paterson | Non-Executive Director | 21 Sept 2017 | 31 Aug 2026 | 8 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Thomas Oliver Jackson | Non-Executive Director | 28 Nov 2019 | 22 Jun 2026 | 6 yrs 7 mos | British |
| Richard Sauvan Smith | Executive Director | 2 Jan 2012 | 31 Dec 2023 | 11 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Elizabeth McMeikan | Senior Independent Director | 1 Feb 2014 | 28 Feb 2023 | 9 yrs | British |
| Richard John Akers | Non-Executive Director | 1 Sept 2018 | 15 Dec 2021 | 3 yrs 3 mos | English |
| Philip Michael White | Chair | 21 Jan 2009 |
| Sir Robert James Timothy Wilson | Director | 1 Dec 2010 | 31 Dec 2019 | 9 yrs | British |
| Andrew Marc Jones | Executive Director | 1 Feb 2013 | 9 May 2019 | 6 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Richard Charles Simpson | Executive Director | 1 Jan 2012 | 18 May 2018 | 6 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Manjit Wolstenholme | Director | 1 Dec 2011 | 23 Nov 2017 | 5 yrs 11 mos | British |
| David Faulkner | Director | 27 Oct 2016 | 27 Oct 2016 | 0 mos | British |
| Patrick Joseph Anthony Dempsey | Director | 1 Mar 2016 | 2 Aug 2016 | 5 mos | British |
| Mark Christopher Allan | Executive Director | 17 Nov 2003 | 31 May 2016 | 12 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Richard Scott Walker | Executive Director | 3 Nov 2005 | 15 May 2014 | 8 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Andrew Donald Reid | Secretary | 10 Jan 2000 | 30 Apr 2013 | 13 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor | Non-Executive Director | 1 Mar 2004 | 16 Apr 2013 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Nigel Patrick Hall | Director | 6 Mar 2003 | 17 May 2012 | 9 yrs 2 mos | British |
| John Michael Tonkiss | Director | 25 Jan 2007 | 31 Dec 2011 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Geoffrey Keggen Maddrell | Director | 28 Jul 1999 | 15 May 2009 | 9 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Nicholas Anthony Porter | Director | 4 Jul 1996 | 15 May 2009 | 12 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Antony Charles Harris | Director | 25 Jan 2007 | 2 Jan 2008 | 1 yrs | British |
| Dr Andrew Lee | Director | 17 Nov 2003 | 31 Jan 2007 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar | Director | 10 Jan 2001 | 1 Mar 2004 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Simon Laurence Bernstein | Director | 27 Apr 2001 | 17 Nov 2003 | 2 yrs 7 mos | British |
| David Peter Ransome | Director | 9 Mar 1998 | 30 Jun 2003 | 5 yrs 3 mos | British |
| David Frederick Naish | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 25 Mar 2003 | 4 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Peter Andrew Travers Griffin | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 2 Feb 2001 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Timothy John Butler | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 4 Jul 2000 | 1 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Andrew James Whatson | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 15 Feb 2000 | 1 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Sir Robert James Timothy Wilson | Director | 1 Dec 2010 | 31 Dec 2019 | 9 yrs | British |
| Andrew Marc Jones | Executive Director | 1 Feb 2013 | 9 May 2019 | 6 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Richard Charles Simpson | Executive Director | 1 Jan 2012 | 18 May 2018 | 6 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Manjit Wolstenholme | Director | 1 Dec 2011 | 23 Nov 2017 | 5 yrs 11 mos | British |
| David Faulkner | Director | 27 Oct 2016 | 27 Oct 2016 | 0 mos | British |
| Patrick Joseph Anthony Dempsey | Director | 1 Mar 2016 | 2 Aug 2016 | 5 mos | British |
| Mark Christopher Allan | Executive Director | 17 Nov 2003 | 31 May 2016 | 12 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Richard Scott Walker | Executive Director | 3 Nov 2005 | 15 May 2014 | 8 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Andrew Donald Reid | Secretary | 10 Jan 2000 | 30 Apr 2013 | 13 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor | Non-Executive Director | 1 Mar 2004 | 16 Apr 2013 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Nigel Patrick Hall | Director | 6 Mar 2003 | 17 May 2012 | 9 yrs 2 mos | British |
| John Michael Tonkiss | Director | 25 Jan 2007 | 31 Dec 2011 | 4 yrs 11 mos | British |
| Geoffrey Keggen Maddrell | Director | 28 Jul 1999 | 15 May 2009 | 9 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Nicholas Anthony Porter | Director | 4 Jul 1996 | 15 May 2009 | 12 yrs 10 mos | British |
| Antony Charles Harris | Director | 25 Jan 2007 | 2 Jan 2008 | 1 yrs | British |
| Dr Andrew Lee | Director | 17 Nov 2003 | 31 Jan 2007 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar | Director | 10 Jan 2001 | 1 Mar 2004 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Simon Laurence Bernstein | Director | 27 Apr 2001 | 17 Nov 2003 | 2 yrs 7 mos | British |
| David Peter Ransome | Director | 9 Mar 1998 | 30 Jun 2003 | 5 yrs 3 mos | British |
| David Frederick Naish | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 25 Mar 2003 | 4 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Peter Andrew Travers Griffin | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 2 Feb 2001 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Timothy John Butler | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 4 Jul 2000 | 1 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Andrew James Whatson | Director | 4 Nov 1998 | 15 Feb 2000 | 1 yrs 3 mos | British |
