Kingspan CEO Murtagh's pay jumps to €5.7m

Total combined remuneration for company's five executive directors jumped nearly €5m to just under €15.6m last year

Kingspan chief executive Gene Murtagh saw his total pay packet balloon by nearly 75% on the back of the company’s strong financial performance.

Kingspan chief executive Gene Murtagh saw his total pay packet balloon by nearly 75% to €5.74m last year on the back of the company’s strong financial performance.

The Cavan-headquartered international building insulation group’s newly published annual report shows Mr Murtagh’s total remuneration topped €5.7m after amounting to just under €3.3m in 2020.