LONDON, Aug 19 — Britain’s bluechip firms last year slashed chief executive pay as the pandemic struck but the head of Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca still pocketed a chart-topping £15.45 million , a survey showed Thursday.
However AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot managed to earn the equivalent of US$21.25 million or fifty per cent more than his nearest challenger — Brian Cassin, the CEO at credit-rating group Experian. “Very high CEO pay reflects a wider gap between rich and poor in the UK than in most other European countries,” said High Pay Centre Director Luke Hildyard.
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