Mitie’s boss takes £10m pay cut – but he still banks £6.5m

By PATRICK TOOHER

Updated: 21:50 BST, 20 June 2025

Mitie’s boss has taken a £10m pay cut – but he still took home £6.5m.

Phil Bentley hit the jackpot when he was awarded a one-off bonus worth £11.2m at the cleaning, security and waste management group, taking his total pay in 2024 to £16.7m. 

The sum was linked to Mitie’s takeover of rival outsourcer Interserve’s facilities management arm in 2020. The windfall was not repeated this year, meaning his pay fell to £6.5m.

Out of line: Mitie was named Britain’s most unequal company by the High Pay Centre think-tank

Despite the huge drop Bentley, 66, has still bagged almost £40m since becoming chief executive in 2016.

Mitie was named Britain’s most unequal company this week by the High Pay Centre think-tank. Bentley was paid 653 times more than the typical employee in 2024.

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