ABB's CEO is Morten Wierod, appointed in Aug 2024, has a tenure of 1.83 years. total yearly compensation is $7.66M, comprised of 24.7% salary and 75.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.011% of the company’s shares, worth €17.36M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.7 years and 8.3 years respectively.
Key information
Morten Wierod
Chief executive officer
US$7.7m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
24.71%
CEO tenure
1.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.01%
Management average tenure
3.7yrs
Board average tenure
8.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Morten Wierod's remuneration changed compared to ABB's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Dec 31 2025
US$8m
US$2m
US$5b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2024
US$7m
US$1m
US$4b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2023
US$5m
US$1m
US$4b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Dec 31 2022
US$4m
US$946k
US$3b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Dec 31 2021
US$4m
US$868k
US$5b
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$886m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$494m
Dec 31 2020
US$3m
US$795k
US$286m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$457m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$937m
Dec 31 2019
US$2m
US$543k
US$1b
Compensation vs Market: Morten's total compensation ($USD7.66M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.55M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Morten's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Morten Wierod (54 yo)
1.8yrs
Tenure
US$7,661,718
Compensation
Mr. Morten Wierod serves as a Non-Executive Member of ABB E-mobility Inc. Mr. Wierod served as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director at ABB India Limited from June 19, 2020 to May 05, 2022 and served as...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Morten Wierod
Chief Executive Officer
1.8yrs
US$7.66m
0.011% € 17.4m
Mathias Gaertner
General Counsel & Company Secretary
1.7yrs
US$4.22m
no data
Karin Lepasoon
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer
3.7yrs
US$3.08m
0.0012% € 1.9m
Carolina Granat
Chief Human Resources Officer
5.4yrs
US$4.01m
0.0016% € 2.6m
Peter Terwiesch
President of Process Automation
9.4yrs
US$4.89m
0.0021% € 3.4m
Sami Atiya
Strategic Advisor
less than a year
US$3.94m
0.0039% € 6.3m
Brandon Spencer
President of Motion Business Area
6.2yrs
US$3.35m
no data
Giampiero Frisio
President of Electrification Business Area
1.8yrs
US$4.05m
0.000080% € 128.5k
Christian Nilsson
Chief Financial Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Alec Joannou
Chief Information Officer
7.7yrs
no data
no data
Ann-Sofie Nordh
Group Senior VP & Head of Investor Relations
6.4yrs
no data
no data
Richard Brown
Group Senior VP & Chief Counsel of Corporate & Finance
no data
no data
no data
3.7yrs
Average Tenure
55.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ABJ's management team is considered experienced (3.7 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Frederico C. Pinheiro Curado
Independent & Non-Executive Director
10.2yrs
US$441.82k
0.0039% € 6.2m
Peter Voser
Independent Chairman of the Board
11.2yrs
US$1.51m
0.012% € 18.6m
Lars Gunnar Brock
Independent & Non-Executive Director
8.3yrs
US$181.84k
no data
Johan Forssell
Independent & Non-Executive Director
2.3yrs
US$403.95k
0.000070% € 112.4k
David Meline
Independent & Non-Executive Director
10.2yrs
US$504.94k
0.0026% € 4.1m
David Constable
Independent & Non-Executive Director
11.2yrs
US$403.95k
0.0029% € 4.7m
Xin-Zhe Li
Independent Director
8.3yrs
US$422.88k
0.0031% € 5.0m
Mats Rahmström
Independent & Non-Executive Director
2.3yrs
US$416.57k
0.00027% € 433.6k
Denise Johnson
Independent & Non-Executive Director
3.3yrs
US$416.57k
0.00093% € 1.5m
Geraldine Matchett
Independent & Non-Executive Director
8.3yrs
US$410.26k
0.0024% € 3.9m
Claudia Nemat
Non Executive Director
1.3yrs
US$208.29k
no data
8.3yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ABJ's board of directors are considered experienced (8.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/15 19:28
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/12 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
ABB Ltd is covered by 54 analysts. 28 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.