Anger: Some 10% of Centrica shareholders opposed the £8.2m pay package handed to chief exec Chris O'Shea
British Gas owner Centrica has been given a slap on the wrist by investors over an £8.2million payday loans bad credit -
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Some 10 per cent of shareholders yesterday opposed the package handed to chief executive Chris O'Shea in 2023 - a near-£4million increase on the previous year.
Most of the pay increase came from O'Shea's share price-linked bonus. The energy giant's stock rose as household gas and electricity bills soared.
O'Shea last month admitted there was ‘inequality in society' and he was ‘fortunate' to make millions of pounds a year.
He told MPs on the energy and net zero committee: ‘I understand people are struggling.'RELATED ARTICLESPrevious
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