Persimmon's CEO, Jeff Fairburn, had the highest pay in 2017, which was largely due to a long-term incentive plan – it came to over £47m

The 10 highest paid CEOs in 2017 in £m

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Jeff Fairburn, Persimmon

Simon Peckham, Melrose Industries

Rob Perrins, Berkeley Group

Jeremy Darrock, Sky

Martin Sorrell, WPP

Zoran Bogdanovic, Coca-Cola HBC AG

Rakesh Kapoor, Reckit Benckiser

Andre Lacroix, Intertek

Nicandro Durante, British American Tobacco

Bob Dudley, BP