The man at the helm of Carillion at the time of its collapse was paid £356,000 by his former employer Weir Group last year.

Keith Cochrane stepped down as chief executive of Weir in October 2016, and moved from a non-executive role to become Carillion’s interim chief executive in July 2017 when the group issued a profit warning and the incumbent stepped down.

Mr Cochrane was paid a £356,756 bonus by Weir Group under the terms of his contract for the year to December 2017. Thirty per cent of the amount will be paid in shares which will vest in three years.

Jon Stanton, Mr Cochrane’s successor as chief executive, saw his pay packet increase 70% to £1.44m in 2017 in his first full year in the role.

This came after pre-tax profits at the group climbed 47% to £250m on revenue up 28% to £2.4bn. The increases were largely attributed to the recovery in the oil and gas market.

Mr Stanton’s salary was £650,000 in 2017. He was awarded a 2.8% increase this year, to £668,200. His bonus was £686,037 with £105,000 in benefits.

Weir also reported its gender pay gap for the first time. The mean gender pay gap was 8% , with 86.5% of its employees being male. Weir said it was committed to ensuring that by 2020 one-third of its board, the group executive and their direct reports will be female.