The boss of British Gas’s parent company has angered consumer groups by accepting a £4.5m pay packet, including bonus payouts totalling £3.7m, despite an investigation into the treatment of vulnerable customers.
Chris O’Shea, the chief executive of Centrica, was told to examine his conscience after accepting an annual bonus of £1.4m and a long-term share bonus of £2.3m on top of his £790,000 annual salary, as millions of households struggled to pay for heating. The total is five times the previous year, though on that occasion he had waived his bonus owing to high energy bills.
