CEO allegedly received £1m in unauthorised bonuses

A chief executive received more than £1m in unauthorised salary bonuses and pension payments, it has been claimed in the High Court.

Andrew Hetherington, the former chief executive of Dublin-based Repak Ltd which assists businesses in meeting recycling obligations, allegedly arranged the payments over a five-year period through “falsification of a paper trail”, the court heard.

Mr Hetherington was on secondment from British Polythene Industries (BPI) through which payments were made from Repak to him.