CEO of the Year

Gold-winners: United Kingdom – 2016

July 17, 2016

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 2016 ranking in each competition and category.

Competition: UK 100 Ranking

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Adam Crozier (ITV)	87
	Pete Redfern (Taylor Wimpey)	86
	Ted Ayres (Bellway)	85
Growth Performance	Martin Griffiths (Stagecoach)	96
	Ayman Asfari (Petrofac)	92
	Simon Segars (ARM)	90
Operating Performance	Simon Segars (ARM)	100
	Geoff Drabble (Ashtead)	97
	Ted Ayres (Bellway)	92
	Adam Crozier (ITV)	92
Investment Performance	Paul Geddes (Direct Line Insurance)	97
	Xavier Robert Rolet (London Stock Exchange)	97
	Ted Ayres (Bellway)	94
	Sir Timothy O'Toole (Firstgroup)	94

Rest of the winners

Winners over all years

Competition: UK 200 Ranking

Category	CEO	Rank
Combined Performance	Jayne-Anne Gadhia (Virgin Money)	90
	David J. Miles (Mears)	89
	Stephen Stone (Crest Nicholson)	89
Growth Performance	Santiago Seage Medela (Atlantica Infrastructure)	100
	Mark Morris (Seadrill Partners)	97
	David Brown (Go-Ahead)	96
	David W. Williams (Noble)	96
	David James Ritchie (Vistry Group)	96
Operating Performance	Rooney Anand (Greene King)	100
	Dr. Pim Vervaat (RPC)	100
	Dr. Pamela Louise Makin (BTG)	100
	Santiago Seage Medela (Atlantica Infrastructure)	100
Investment Performance	Matthew Fosh (Novae)	100
	David J. Miles (Mears)	98
	Adam Hartley Couch (Cranswick)	97

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: