Essity Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Essity's CEO is Ulrika Kolsrud, appointed in Jun 2025, has a tenure of 1.08 years. total yearly compensation is SEK28.08M, comprised of 33.7% salary and 66.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.005% of the company’s shares, worth CHF755.16K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.9 years and 4.3 years respectively.

Key information

Ulrika Kolsrud

Chief executive officer

SEK 28.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	33.70%
CEO tenure	1.1yrs
CEO ownership	0.005%
Management average tenure	2.9yrs
Board average tenure	4.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ulrika Kolsrud's remuneration changed compared to Essity's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2026	n/a	n/a	SEK 12b
Mar 31 2026	n/a	n/a	SEK 12b
Dec 31 2025	SEK 28m	SEK 9m	SEK 13b

Compensation vs Market: Ulrika's total compensation ($USD2.89M) is below average for companies of similar size in the Swiss market ($USD5.89M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Ulrika's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Ulrika Kolsrud (56 yo)

1.1yrs

Tenure

SEK 28,079,780

Compensation

Ms. Ulrika Kolsrud, MSc Eng., is CEO and President at Essity AB (publ) from June 1, 2025. She served as President of Health and Medical Solutions at Essity AB (publ) (formerly known as Essity Aktiebolag (p...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ulrika Kolsrud	President & CEO	1.1yrs	SEK 28.08m	0.0047% CHF 755.2k
Carl Fredrik Rystedt	CFO, Executive VP of Central Function Finance	9.5yrs	SEK 20.42m	0.0087% CHF 1.4m
Niklas Sundberg	Chief Digital & Information Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Sandra Åberg	VP & Head of Investor Relations	2.8yrs	no data	no data
Mikael Schmidt	CLO, General Counsel	14.5yrs	no data	0.0068% CHF 1.1m
Jessica Alm	Chief Communication Officer & Central Function of Corporate Communications	2.9yrs	no data	0.00051% CHF 81.4k
Anna Savinger-Åslund	Chief Human Resources Officer & Central Function Human Resources	11.5yrs	no data	no data
Volker Zoller	President of Business Unit Consumer Tissue	11.5yrs	no data	0.0046% CHF 734.4k
Pablo Fuentes	President of Business Unit Professional Hygiene	10.5yrs	no data	0.0067% CHF 1.1m
Tuomas Yrjölä	President of Business Unit Personal Care	no data	no data	0.0037% CHF 589.1k
Sahil Tesfu	Chief Strategy Officer & Sustainability Officer	1.5yrs	no data	0.0016% CHF 252.3k
Anand Chandarana	President of Business Unit Health & Medical	less than a year	no data	0.00081% CHF 129.3k

2.9yrs

Average Tenure

54.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ESW's management team is considered experienced (2.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Jan Gurander	Independent Chairman of the Board	3.3yrs	SEK 3.40m	0.0022% CHF 352.8k
Bert Ake Nordberg	Independent Director	10.5yrs	SEK 1.11m	0.0067% CHF 1.1m
Annemarie Gardshol	Independent Director	10.5yrs	SEK 960.00k	0.0012% CHF 191.6k
Barbara Milian Thoralfsson	Independent Director	10.5yrs	SEK 1.60m	0.00044% CHF 70.2k
Örjan Svensson	Employee Representative Director	9.5yrs	no data	0.000020% CHF 3.2k
Torbjorn Loof	Independent Director	5.3yrs	SEK 1.11m	0.0013% CHF 199.6k
Karl Åberg	Independent Director	2.3yrs	SEK 1.31m	0.45% CHF 71.2m
Katarina Martinson	Independent Director	1.3yrs	SEK 1.31m	0.092% CHF 14.7m
Maria Carell	Independent Director	3.3yrs	SEK 960.00k	0.00022% CHF 35.1k
Alexander Lacik	Independent Director	1.3yrs	SEK 960.00k	0.00089% CHF 142.1k
Susanna Lind	Employee Representative Director	7yrs	no data	0.000020% CHF 3.2k
Sofia Lafqvist	Employee Representative Director	2.5yrs	no data	no data

4.3yrs

Average Tenure

60.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ESW's board of directors are considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/07/29 09:37
End of Day Share Price	2026/07/08 00:00
Earnings	2026/06/30
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Essity AB (publ) is covered by 25 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	ABG Sundal Collier
Warren Ackerman	Barclays
Iain Simpson	Barclays