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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Boss of British Gas owner says it is ‘impossible to justify’ his £4.5m pay

Chris O'Shea
Chris O’Shea has been the chief executive of Centrica since 2020. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

The boss of the British Gas owner, Centrica, has said it is “impossible to justify” his £4.5m pay packet.

Chris O’Shea said there was “no point” trying to justify his huge pay packet when millions of his customers were struggling to pay their heating bills because of soaring energy costs.

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