Drapers - Burberry pays CEO £2.6m amid turnaround drive and job losses


Burberry CEO Joshua Schulman acquired nearly £2.6m in 9 months, the label’s annual report 2024/25 reveals, together with £380,000 in relocation prices as he moved from New York to London.

His annual wage is ready at £1.356m and annual bonus at £1.2m.

That’s regardless of the enterprise revealing plans for vast unfold job cuts as a part of a restructure to unlock an extra £60m of financial savings, because it posted its monetary outcomes for the 12 months to 29 March on 14 Might.

The model stated it wished to extend effectivity of spend in procurement and actual property, and cut back people-related prices, which might impression round 1,700 roles globally over the lifetime of the programme, topic to session the place relevant.

Adjusted working revenue for the 12 months to 29 March was £26m, with a £67m revenue within the second half offsetting a £41m loss within the first half. It made an working lack of £3m in contrast with a £418m revenue the 12 months earlier than.

Schulman joined Burberry as CEO in July 2024, having served as CEO of US vogue manufacturers Michael Kors (2021-2022) and Coach, the place he was additionally model president (2017-2020). He changed CEO of two years Jonathan Akeroyd.

Burberry’s report acknowledged that it consulted with shareholders on setting Schulman’s remuneration: “Nearly all of shareholders appreciated the circumstances of Josh’s recruitment and had been supportive of the design of Josh’s ongoing remuneration preparations, the method to his annual bonus for FY 2024/25 and his recruitment award.

“The committee was conscious of the suggestions acquired from a few of our shareholders throughout the session and took this into consideration when figuring out the ultimate degree of bonus payout.

“The committee was additionally acutely aware that the posh expertise marketplace for confirmed, excessive calibre leaders is small and that there are restricted listed luxurious corporations globally, with lots of our friends being privately owned organisations.”