Supermarket Giant’s Executives See Massive Salary Hikes
- Tesco CEO Ken Murphy’s pay doubles to nearly £10m
- Profits more than double in the past year
- Chief Financial Officer Imran Nawaz also sees significant pay increase
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy’s pay more than doubled to almost £9.93 million in the last year, following a significant increase in profits for the supermarket chain. His salary was £4.44 million the previous year, with an additional £4.91 million from his performance share plan (PSP) based on Tesco’s performance since 2021, which will be paid in company shares. Murphy’s annual salary was £1.64 million and received a bonus of £3.38 million. Tesco’s Chief Financial Officer Imran Nawaz also saw his pay more than double from the previous year, earning £4.95 million. The company’s profits increased by 159% to £2.29 billion in the 12 months leading up to February 28th, compared to £882 million the prior year. Group sales excluding VAT and fuel rose 7.4% to £61 billion, with UK like-for-like sales up 7.7% due to strong performance across all formats and channels.°
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