Columbus Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Soren Knudsen

Chief executive officer

DKK 5.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	82.0%
CEO tenure	no data
CEO ownership	0.4%
Management average tenure	3yrs
Board average tenure	12.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Soren Knudsen's remuneration changed compared to Columbus's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	DKK 37m
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	DKK 35m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	DKK 44m
Dec 31 2023	DKK 5m	DKK 5m	DKK 24m

Compensation vs Market: Soren's total compensation ($USD771.17K) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD786.80K).

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

CEO

Soren Knudsen (50 yo)

no data

Tenure

DKK 5,488,000

Compensation

Mr. Søren Krogh Knudsen serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of Executive Board at Columbus A/S. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Columbus A/S since June 7, 2021 unt...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Soren Knudsen	CEO, President & Member of Executive Board	no data	DKK 5.49m	0.38% € 709.9k
Brian Iversen	Group CFO	2.1yrs	DKK 3.31m	no data
Ole Fritze	COO & Head of Columbus Dynamics	no data	no data	no data
Kapil Mishra	Head of Columbus India & Chief Information Officer	no data	no data	no data
Tine Rasmussen	Communication Director	no data	no data	no data
Beatrice Silow	Chief Marketing Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Katharina Hofman	Chief People Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Paul Gomez	Head of Enterprise Division of Columbus US	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Erling Schjetne	Head of Digital Commerce	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Chris Mean	Head of Customer Experience & Engagement and Columbus UK	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Tina Algkvist	Head of Infor M3	3.8yrs	no data	no data
Claes Kongsdam	Head of Columbus Denmark and Data & AI	2.3yrs	no data	no data

3.0yrs

Average Tenure

56.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: P1F's management team is considered experienced (3 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Ib Kunoe	Chairman of the Board	20.8yrs	DKK 450.00k	0.35% € 645.8k
Per Kogut	Independent Director	2.8yrs	DKK 150.00k	no data
Sven Madsen	Deputy Chairman	17.8yrs	DKK 188.00k	0.73% € 1.4m
Peter Hansen	Independent Director	12.3yrs	no data	0.22% € 401.8k
Karina Ringsted	Independent Director	6.8yrs	DKK 150.00k	0.035% € 64.6k

12.3yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: P1F's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 12.3 years average tenure).

Columbus Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Columbus A/S, Annual General Meeting, Apr 29, 2025

Less than half of directors are independent

Columbus A/S Appoints Brian Iversen as Chief Financial Officer

Insufficient new directors

Columbus A/S Announces Resignation of Hans Henrik Thrane as CFO, Effective from 31 August 2022

Columbus A/S, Annual General Meeting, Apr 27, 2021

Recent updates

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: kr.0.04 (vs kr.0.028 in 3Q 2023)

Columbus A/S, Annual General Meeting, Apr 29, 2025

Columbus A/S to Report Q1, 2025 Results on May 08, 2025

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 29%

New minor risk - Earnings quality

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: kr.0.11 loss per share (vs kr.0.032 loss in 2Q 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Columbus A/S Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings released

Columbus A/S Adopts Payment of an Ordinary Dividend

Upcoming dividend of kr.0.13 per share

Dividend of kr.0.13 announced

Columbus A/S Proposes Ordinary Dividend

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: kr.0.21 (vs kr.0.23 in FY 2022)

Judgement by Swedish City Court Awards Damages and Costs to Columbus in the Range of SEK 43 million - SEK 45 million

Judgement by Swedish City Court Awards Damages and Costs to Columbus in the Range of SEK 43 million - SEK 45 million

New minor risk - Share price stability

Columbus A/S has submitted a conditional offer to acquire Endless Gain Ltd. for £3 million.

Columbus A/S to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 22, 2024

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: kr.0.028 (vs kr.0.028 loss in 3Q 2022)

An unknown buyer acquired a 7.8% stake in Columbus A/S (CPSE:COLUM) from Protector Forsikring ASA (OB : PROT).

Columbus A/S Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: kr.0.14 (vs kr.0.10 in 1Q 2022)

Upcoming dividend of kr.0.13 per share at 1.8% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released: kr.0.09 loss per share (vs kr.0.48 profit in FY 2021)

Columbus A/S to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Mar 15, 2023

Less than half of directors are independent

Columbus A/S Updates Revenue Guidance for the Full-Year of 2022

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: kr.0.01 (vs kr.0.009 loss in 2Q 2021)

Columbus A/S Provides Revenue Guidance for the Year 2022

Columbus A/S Appoints Brian Iversen as Chief Financial Officer

Insufficient new directors

Columbus A/S Announces Resignation of Hans Henrik Thrane as CFO, Effective from 31 August 2022

Columbus A/S Provides Revenue Guidance for the Full Year 2022

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS kr.0.07 (vs kr.0.16 in 2Q 2020)

Columbus A/S Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS kr.0.37 (vs kr.0.17 in 1Q 2020)

Columbus A/S Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2021

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Columbus A/S Approves Extraordinary Dividend Payment

Inaugural dividend of kr.6.00 per share

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2020 earnings released

Columbus A/S Provides Revenue Guidance for the Full Year of 2021

New 90-day high: €1.72

Gilde Buy Out Partners BV and Management of To Increase completed the acquisition of To Increase BV from Columbus A/S (CPSE:COLUM).

Columbus A/S, Annual General Meeting, Apr 27, 2021

Columbus A/S to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Final Results on Mar 16, 2021

New 90-day high: €1.46

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: EPS kr.0.052

New 90-day high: €1.18

BioMar Teams Up with Columbus to Take Digital Leadership with Infor Cloud ERP

Market bids up stock over the past week

New 90-day high: €1.14

Columbus A/S to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Nov 12, 2020

Columbus A/S Announces CEO Changes

New 90-day low - €0.98

Earnings released

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