Payouts to Mothercare's past and present bosses
The pay of the current and former chief executives of Mothercare was laid bare yesterday in the maternity specialist's annual report.
Ben Gordon, who was paid a salary of £600,000 and left in November 2011, walked away with more than £5m after share schemes vested. Simon Calver, the former boss of LoveFilm who joined last April, pocketed £580,000, including a salary of £462,000 and a bonus of £48,000, over the year to March. He could be paid a total of £6.7m over the three years to 2015, if the group hits all its financial targets.
Mothercare narrowed its pre-tax losses significanlty to £21.5m in 2012-13, from £102.9m a year ago.
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