Supermarket bosses take home millions September 27, 2013 - 4:16PM Mr O'Brien was paid about $4.05 million in cash in the 2012/13 financial year, with the remainder of his remuneration coming in shares and other benefits. His total pay was up from $4.2 million the previous year. By comparison, Coles chief executive Ian McLeod's pay packet fell last financial year, but he still earned almost $11 million. Mr MacLeod's total remuneration in 2012/13 of $10.7 million was down by more than $4 million from the previous year. The drop in remuneration was entirely due to lower long term incentive benefits, which are paid in shares and share options. Mr Macleod took home $3.67 million in cash, up $100,000 from the previous year. His total remuneration package exceeded that awarded to the chief executive of Coles' parent company Wesfarmers, Richard Goyder. Mr Goyder's total remuneration was $8.5 million, though his cash salary was higher than Mr McLeod's at $3.35 million.