CEO of the Year 
UK 100 Ranking: United Kingdom – 2015
Published: August 26, 2015
Below are all the winners in the competition UK 100 Ranking, United Kingdom, 2015. Publicly-listed companies are included in this competition when they meet this criterion:
Criteria to participate: The biggest 100 companies based on sales and employees
All Winners in the Market
The gold winners are the top three on the list. These CEOs receive an Obermatt gold pin – an 18-karat gold pin that is personally presented to the winners in recognition of their outstanding performance. The next best CEOs up to 10th place are the silver winners. The bronze winners are all those CEOs that outperformed the market with a ranking over 50.
Combined Performance 
These CEOs showed the best overall performance in growth, operating efficiency and investment performance.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Andy Harrison (Whitbread) | |
| Tidjane Thiam (Credit Suisse) | ||
| Dr. Nigel Wilson (Legal & General) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Mark Wilson (Aviva) | |
| Simon Emeny (Fuller, Smith & Turner) | ||
| William Walsh (IAG) | ||
| Lord Simon Wolfson (Next) | ||
| Michael Fries (Liberty Global) | ||
| Nicholas John Varney (Merlin Entertainments) | ||
| Peter Rogers (Babcock) | ||
| David Brown (Go-Ahead) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Adrian Ringrose (Interserve) | |
| John Carter (Travis Perkins) | ||
| Bob Keiller (John Wood) | ||
| Richard Howson (Carillion) | ||
| Steve Holliday (National Grid) | ||
| Olivier Bohuon (Smith & Nephew) | ||
| Ross McEwan (Natwest) | ||
| André Pierre Joseph Lacroix (Intertek) | ||
| Vittorio Colao (Vodafone) | ||
| Carolyn McCall (easyjet) | ||
| Alistair Phillips-Davies (SSE) | ||
| Marc Bolland (Marks and Spencer) | ||
| Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP) | ||
| Gregory Case (Aon) | ||
| Dr. Alan Clark (SAB Group) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Growth Performance
These CEOs drove the highest growth among their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
David Brown (Go-Ahead) | |
| Peter Rogers (Babcock) | ||
| Adrian Ringrose (Interserve) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Dr. Nigel Wilson (Legal & General) | |
| John Carter (Travis Perkins) | ||
| Andy Harrison (Whitbread) | ||
| Bob Keiller (John Wood) | ||
| Martin Griffiths (Stagecoach) | ||
| Vittorio Colao (Vodafone) | ||
| Simon Emeny (Fuller, Smith & Turner) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Mark Wilson (Aviva) | |
| William Walsh (IAG) | ||
| Charles Wilson (Booker) | ||
| Tidjane Thiam (Credit Suisse) | ||
| John Rishton (Rolls-Royce) | ||
| Lord Simon Wolfson (Next) | ||
| Nicholas John Varney (Merlin Entertainments) | ||
| Jeremy Darroch (Sky) | ||
| John Hutson (JDW) | ||
| Michael Sharp (Debenhams) | ||
| Olivier Bohuon (Smith & Nephew) | ||
| Alistair Phillips-Davies (SSE) | ||
| André Pierre Joseph Lacroix (Intertek) | ||
| Samir Brikho (Wood) | ||
| Steve Holliday (National Grid) | ||
| Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP) | ||
| Michael Fries (Liberty Global) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Operating Performance
These CEOs managed their companies most efficiently and delivered the strongest profit growth compared with their peers.
| Pin | CEO | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Podium |
Ross McEwan (Natwest) | |
| Michael Fries (Liberty Global) | ||
| Andy Harrison (Whitbread) | ||
| Silver Top 10 |
Simon Emeny (Fuller, Smith & Turner) | |
| Peter Rogers (Babcock) | ||
| William Walsh (IAG) | ||
| António Horta-Osório (Lloyds Banking) | ||
| Steve Holliday (National Grid) | ||
| Tidjane Thiam (Credit Suisse) | ||
| Nicholas John Varney (Merlin Entertainments) | ||
| Bronze Outperformer |
Richard Howson (Carillion) | |
| Mark Wilson (Aviva) | ||
| Lord Simon Wolfson (Next) | ||
| Sir Martin Sorrell (WPP) | ||
| John Carter (Travis Perkins) | ||
| Gregory Case (Aon) | ||
| Adrian Ringrose (Interserve) | ||
| Vittorio Colao (Vodafone) | ||
| Charles Wilson (Booker) | ||
| André Pierre Joseph Lacroix (Intertek) | ||
| Marc Bolland (Marks and Spencer) | ||
| Alistair Phillips-Davies (SSE) | ||
| Gavin E. Patterson (BT) | ||
| John Hutson (JDW) | ||
| Regis Schulz (Darty) | ||
| Alison Cooper (Imperial Brands) | ||
| Moya Greene (Royal Mail) |
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Investment Performance
These CEOs pursued strategies and made investments which attracted investors the most. As such, they achieved the highest Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) amongst their peers.
In the Multi-year rankings, you can see cumulative performance for each CEO over the years.
Multi-Year Winners in United Kingdom:
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