Pet people among highest paid retail executives
The chief executive and chief financial officer at Pets at Home are named in a list of the UK’s 100 highest-paid retail bosses. The list, produced by Retail Week, reveals that Pets at Home boss Ian Kellet (above) received a basic salary of £474,712 and benefits of £187,375 that gave him a total package of £662,087 in the year 2016/17. The total package placed him 54th in the list of high earners in the retail sector. At 100 in the list is another Pets at Home executive, chief financial officer Mike Iddon with a total package of £206,457 (£155,615 basic, £50,842 benefits). Majestic Wine boss Rowan Gormley (£5,386,000), WHSmith chief Stephen Clarke (£5,244,000) and a new arrival at Burberry, chief operating and financial officer Julie Brown (£4,734,000), were the highest-rewarded retail executives last year, according to Retail Week.
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