AstraZeneca CEO is Britain's highest-paid boss

Big boost: Soriot, whose handling of the pandemic response has drawn criticism despite the company producing its vaccine at cost price, took home US$21.25mil last year. — AFP

LONDON: Pascal Soriot, the chief executive of Covid-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca, was Britain’s highest paid company boss in 2020, a year when the average FTSE 100 leader saw their pay fall by almost a fifth, a report yesterday showed.

Soriot, whose handling of the pandemic response has drawn criticism despite the company producing its vaccine at cost price, took home £15.45mil (US$21.25mil or RM90.11mil), a report from the High Pay Centre said.