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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

British Gas owner doubles boss’s pay to £8m – despite qualms over previous rise

Chris O'Shea
Chris O'Shea said last year there was ‘no point’ in trying to justify his pay deal, which was then £4.5m. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

The boss of the British Gas owner, Centrica, has seen his earnings nearly double to £8.2m, despite having admitted that his smaller pay packet the previous year was “impossible to justify”.

Chris O’Shea earned a basic salary of £903,000, which was topped up by cash and share bonuses worth an extra £7.3m.

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