CEO of the Year

Gold-winners: United Kingdom – 2015

August 26, 2015

Obermatt identified the CEOs with the best company performance based solely on financial data. No subjective analysis was included.

Best Company Performance

Obermatt evaluated all publicly listed companies and identified the best three CEOs in each category as the gold winners. The following table shows which CEOs came out at the top of the CEO-of-the-Year 2015 ranking in each competition and category.

Competition: UK 100 Ranking

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Andy Harrison (Whitbread)	76
	Tidjane Thiam (Credit Suisse)	72
	Dr. Nigel Wilson (Legal & General)	72
Growth Performance	David Brown (Go-Ahead)	96
	Peter Rogers (Babcock)	93
	Adrian Ringrose (Interserve)	89
Operating Performance	Ross McEwan (Natwest)	100
	Michael Fries (Liberty Global)	93
	Andy Harrison (Whitbread)	82
Investment Performance	Paul Geddes (Direct Line Insurance)	82
	Olivier Bohuon (Smith & Nephew)	81
	Dr. Alan Clark (SAB Group)	81

Rest of the winners

Winners over all years

Competition: UK 200 Ranking

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Philip Meeson (Dart Group)	98
	Martyn Coffey (Marshalls)	90
	Jeff Fairburn (Persimmon)	87
Growth Performance	Philip Meeson (Dart Group)	100
	Dorothy Carrington Thompson (Drax)	97
	Martyn Coffey (Marshalls)	96
Operating Performance	Ted Ayres (Bellway)	100
	Philip Meeson (Dart Group)	100
	Geoff Drabble (Ashtead)	94
Investment Performance	Emmanuel Roman (Man Group)	100
	Xavier Robert Rolet (London Stock Exchange)	98
	Peter Stuart Crook (Provident)	95

Rest of the winners

Winners over all years

Competition History

Find out which CEOs delivered superior performance in the past. Here are the rankings for each competition: