Darktrace plc (DARK.L)

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Darktrace plc

Maurice Wilkes Building
St John’s Innovation Park Cowley Road
Cambridge CB4 0DS
United Kingdom
44 1223 394 100
https://www.darktrace.com

Sector(s): Technology
Industry: Software - Infrastructure
Full-time employees: 2,300

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Ms. Poppy Clare Veronica Gustafsson O.B.E.	CEO & Executive Director	1.66M	N/A	1982
Ms. Catherine A. Graham	CFO & Executive Director	769.1k	N/A	1960
Mr. Jack Stockdale O.B.E.	Co-Founder & CTO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Nick Trim	Chief Operations Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Luk Janssens	Head of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. James Alan Sporle	General Counsel & Company Secretary	N/A	N/A	1976
Mr. John Allen	Vice President of Cyber Risk & Compliance	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Chris Kozup	Chief Marketing Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in GBp.

Description

Darktrace plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and sale of cyber-threat defense technology solutions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, and internationally. Its products include Darktrace PREVENT, an attack surface management that continuously monitors attack surface for risks, high-impact vulnerabilities, and external threats; and Darktrace DETECT, which analyzes thousands of metrics to reveal subtle deviations that may signal an evolving threat, including unknown techniques and novel malware, as well as installs in minutes, identifies threats, and avoids disruption. The company's products also include Darktrace RESPOND that works autonomously to disarm attacks whenever they occur and reacts to threats in seconds, as well as works 24/7 as it frees up security teams and resources; and Darktrace HEAL, which enables organizations to restore business affected by cyber-attacks to trusted operational states through AI assistance. The company was formerly known as Srenoog plc and changed its name to Darktrace plc in March 2021. Darktrace plc was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Corporate governance

Darktrace plc’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 April 2024 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 10; Board: 8; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 6.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.