Origin Enterprises chief executive Tom O’Mahony was paid €1.16 million last year, with chief financial officer Brendan Fitzgerald receiving €873,000, according to the agri-food group’s annual report.

A third executive director, Declan Giblin, who heads up its Masstock division, was paid €687,000.

The three executive directors were paid annual performance bonuses for the year, in which Origin increased its pretax profit by 40 per cent to €62.5 million.