Ecolab Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Ecolab's CEO is Christophe Beck, appointed in Apr 2019, has a tenure of 3.33 years. total yearly compensation is $8.37M, comprised of 12% salary and 88% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.021% of the company’s shares, worth CHF9.76M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.6 years and 8 years respectively.

Key information

Christophe Beck

Chief executive officer

US$8.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	12.0%
CEO tenure	3.3yrs
CEO ownership	0.02%
Management average tenure	1.6yrs
Board average tenure	8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Christophe Beck's remuneration changed compared to Ecolab's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2021	US$8m	US$1m	US$1b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$869m
Dec 31 2020	US$6m	US$700k	US$967m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2019	US$5m	US$671k	US$1b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2018	US$2m	US$581k	US$1b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2017	US$3m	US$566k	US$2b
Sep 30 2017	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2017	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2017	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2016	US$2m	US$548k	US$1b
Sep 30 2016	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2016	n/a	n/a	US$956m
Mar 31 2016	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2015	US$2m	US$530k	US$1b

Compensation vs Market: Christophe's total compensation ($USD8.37M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Swiss market ($USD6.38M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Christophe's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Christophe Beck (54 yo)

3.3yrs

Tenure

US$8,365,889

Compensation

Mr. Christophe Beck serves as President of Ecolab Inc. since April 1, 2019 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since January 01, 2021. Mr. Beck serves as Director at Ecolab Inc. since October 30, 2020...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Christophe Beck	President	3.3yrs	US$8.37m	0.021% CHF 9.8m
Daniel Schmechel	Executive Officer	less than a year	US$3.66m	0.075% CHF 35.0m
Timothy Mulhere	Executive VP and President of Global Institutional & Specialty Services	10.5yrs	US$2.64m	0.012% CHF 5.6m
Angela Busch	Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Business Development	3.6yrs	US$3.58m	0.0068% CHF 3.2m
Scott Kirkland	Chief Financial Officer	less than a year	no data	0.0018% CHF 840.3k
Jennifer Bradway	Senior VP	less than a year	no data	0.00052% CHF 244.1k
Larry Berger	Executive VP & CTO	5.6yrs	no data	0.0054% CHF 2.5m
David Bingenheimer	Executive VP & Chief Information Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Andrew Hedberg	Director of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Joanne Mullen	Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Employment Counsel	3.6yrs	no data	no data
Lanesha Minnix	Executive VP	less than a year	no data	no data
Gail Peterson	Executive Vice President of Global Marketing & Communications	1.6yrs	no data	0.00079% CHF 370.8k

1.6yrs

Average Tenure

54yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ECJ's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Christophe Beck	President	1.8yrs	US$8.37m	0.021% CHF 9.8m
Lionel Nowell	Independent Director	3.7yrs	US$291.13k	0% CHF 0
Jeffrey Ettinger	Independent Lead Director	7.3yrs	US$321.13k	0.0040% CHF 1.9m
David MacLennan	Independent Director	6.7yrs	US$291.13k	0.0039% CHF 1.8m
Michael Larson	Independent Director	10.6yrs	US$296.13k	0.0010% CHF 483.5k
Victoria Reich	Independent Director	12.8yrs	US$301.13k	0.00035% CHF 164.3k
Arthur Higgins	Independent Director	12.3yrs	US$281.13k	0.0079% CHF 3.7m
John Zillmer	Independent Director	16.3yrs	US$301.13k	0.0097% CHF 4.6m
Barbara Beck	Independent Director	14.5yrs	US$296.13k	0% CHF 0
Shari Ballard	Independent Director	3.7yrs	US$291.13k	0% CHF 0
Tracy McKibben	Independent Director	7.5yrs	US$291.13k	0% CHF 0
Suzanne Vautrinot	Independent Director	8.5yrs	US$281.13k	0% CHF 0

8.0yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ECJ's board of directors are considered experienced (8 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/08/21 03:58
End of Day Share Price	2022/05/24 00:00
Earnings	2022/06/30
Annual Earnings	2021/12/31

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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

Ecolab Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 20 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
John Eade	Argus Research Company
Colin Isaac	Atlantic Equities LLP
Andrew Wittmann	Baird

Ecolab Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Ecolab Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 02, 2024

Jeffrey M. Ettinger Resigned from the Board of Directors of Ecolab Inc

Ecolab Inc. Announces Leaving of Timothy P. Mulhere, Executive Vice President – Special Initiatives – Institutional, Effective December 31, 2022

Ecolab Inc. Appoints Darrell R. Brown as President and Chief Operating Officer, Effective Oct. 1, 2022

Ecolab Names Gregory Lukasik as Senior Vice President and Market Head for Southeast Asia

Insufficient new directors

Recent updates

Ecolab Inc. Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on January 15, 2025

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) acquired Barclay Water Management, Inc.

Medline Industries, Inc. completed the acquisition of Global Surgical Solutions Business from Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL).

Ecolab Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on October 15, 2024

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 30, 2024

Ecolab Life Sciences and Repligen Announce the Commercial Launch of DurA Cycle Affinity Resin for Large-Scale Biologic Manufacturing

Ecolab and HeiQ Introduces Synbiotic Cleaning Products at Interclean

Ecolab Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on July 15, 2024

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Apr 30, 2024

Ecolab Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 02, 2024

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 13, 2024

Ecolab Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on January 16, 2024

Ecolab Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 31, 2023

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 01, 2023

Jeffrey M. Ettinger Resigned from the Board of Directors of Ecolab Inc

Ecolab Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on July 17, 2023

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 14, 2023

Ecolab Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on January 17, 2023

Ecolab Inc. Announces Leaving of Timothy P. Mulhere, Executive Vice President – Special Initiatives – Institutional, Effective December 31, 2022

Ecolab Inc. Appoints Darrell R. Brown as President and Chief Operating Officer, Effective Oct. 1, 2022

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 01, 2022

Ecolab Names Gregory Lukasik as Senior Vice President and Market Head for Southeast Asia

Ecolab Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 26, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Ecolab Inc. Declares Regular Cash Dividend, Payable on July 15, 2022

Ecolab Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Ecolab Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on April 15, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Ecolab Inc. Provides Sales Guidance for the Full Year of 2022

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) completed the acquisition of Bro-Tech Corporation from Stefan E. Brodie and Don B. Brodie.

Executive VP recently sold CHF604k worth of stock

CEO Compensation Analysis

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