Contractor鈥檚 CEO and finance chief reap rewards of long-term incentive plan
Bosses at Kier have been handed shares worth hundreds of thousands of pounds as part of a long-term incentive agreement for senior executives, just weeks after the firm admitted rocketing debts.
Haydn Mursell (pictured), the contractor鈥檚 chief executive, was yesterday awarded 103,910, worth nearly 拢930,000, as part of Kier鈥檚 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Bev Dew, the firm鈥檚 finance director, and Claudio Veritiero, Kier鈥檚 chief operating officer, who was appointed to the role back in August, both received 67,324 shares each under the same scheme, worth 拢603,000.
Kier said the price used for calculating the awards was 拢8.95 a share.
Last month Kier announced its profit for 2018 had risen 9% to 拢137m, but revealed that its average net debt had risen 17% to 拢375m. It promised action to deal with the debt under a new strategy, 鈥楩uture Proofing Kier鈥�.
When the contractor announced its annual figures Mursell highlighted the group鈥檚 payment arrangements with its suppliers, claiming the business often paid out quicker than it got paid by clients.
But earlier this month, Kier was blasted by a subcontractor who was giving evidence to MPs on the business select committee. Tony Davis, managing director of Essex firm AMD Electrical, said he refused to subcontract with Kier because the firm had a reputation as a 鈥減oor payer鈥�.
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