tim farron, thank you _ the pockets of shareholders. tim farron, thank you for your time today.on�*s ftse 100 index and found that the average salary of the ceos of these companies increased from £2.46 million in 2020 to £3.41 million in 2021. that�*s 109 times higher than the pay of the average uk worker. let�*s speak to the high pay centre�*s director, luke hildyard. thanks forjoining us this morning. how much of this is a bounce back from the first year of the pandemic? yes, so ceo pay in 2021 was up by about £900,000 in 2020 levels, but the increase compared to 2019 pre—pandemic was only £150,000. i say only, £150,000, that increase alone is about five times what the typical full—time alone is about five times what the typicalfull—time uk alone is about five times what the typical full—time uk worker makes alone is about five times what the typicalfull—time uk worker makes in a year. but yes, the increase from 2019 to 2021 is not as dramatic as from 2020 to 2021 because top pay went down a bit to only again, inverted commas, 2.5 million during the pandemic. i think in some w