Barry Callebaut Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Barry Callebaut's CEO is Peter Feld, appointed in Apr 2023, has a tenure of 2.5 years. total yearly compensation is CHF5.90M, comprised of 27.1% salary and 72.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.05% of the company’s shares, worth €3.62M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2 years and 5.3 years respectively.

Key information

Peter Feld

Chief executive officer

CHF 5.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	27.12%
CEO tenure	2.5yrs
CEO ownership	0.05%
Management average tenure	2yrs
Board average tenure	5.3yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Peter Feld's remuneration changed compared to Barry Callebaut's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Feb 28 2025	n/a	n/a	CHF 144m
Nov 30 2024	n/a	n/a	CHF 167m
Aug 31 2024	CHF 6m	CHF 2m	CHF 190m
May 31 2024	n/a	n/a	CHF 238m
Feb 29 2024	n/a	n/a	CHF 287m
Nov 30 2023	n/a	n/a	CHF 366m
Aug 31 2023	CHF 8m	CHF 667k	CHF 444m

Compensation vs Market: Peter's total compensation ($USD7.41M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD1.88M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Peter's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Peter Feld (60 yo)

2.5yrs

Tenure

CHF 5,899,009

Compensation

Mr. Peter Feld has been Lead Independent Director of SharkNinja, Inc. since July 2023. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Jacobs Holding AG from April 1, 2023 until April 2023. He was Co-Chief Executive...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Peter Feld	Chief Executive Officer	2.5yrs	CHF 5.90m	0.050% € 3.6m
Peter Vanneste	Chief Financial Officer	1.9yrs	no data	0.0018% € 128.6k
Sophie Lang	Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Kai Hummel	Global Head of Corporate Communications	1yr	no data	no data
Monika Baumberger	Vice President of Global Marketing	1yr	no data	no data
Jutta Suchanek	Chief People & Diversity Officer	2yrs	no data	no data
Steven Retzlaff	Executive Chairman of Future Farming Initiative	17.8yrs	no data	0.023% € 1.7m
Erich Steinegger	Head of Group Reporting & Risk Management	no data	no data	no data
Dries Roekaerts	President of Customer Experience	1yr	no data	no data
Dhruv Bhatia	Managing Director of Japan	3.5yrs	no data	no data
Ben De Schryver	President North America	2yrs	no data	0.015% € 1.1m
Dhruva Sanyal	Managing Director of India	no data	no data	no data

2.0yrs

Average Tenure

54yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 1BARN's management team is considered experienced (2 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Barbara Richmond	Independent Director	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Markus Neuhaus	Independent Vice Chairman of the Board	6.8yrs	CHF 667.58k	0.019% € 1.4m
Patrick De Maeseneire	Independent Chairman of the Board	10.8yrs	CHF 1.09m	0.059% € 4.3m
Fernando Aguirre	Independent Director	12.5yrs	CHF 385.40k	0.026% € 1.9m
Mauricio Graber	Independent Director	2.8yrs	CHF 281.56k	no data
Nicolas Jacobs	Independent Director	12.8yrs	CHF 430.75k	0.29% € 20.8m
Aruna Jayanthi	Independent Director	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Thomas Intrator	Independent Director	3.8yrs	CHF 424.98k	0.0033% € 241.2k

5.3yrs

Average Tenure

65.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 1BARN's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/10/21 03:24
End of Day Share Price	2025/10/21 00:00
Earnings	2025/02/28
Annual Earnings	2024/08/31

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

Barry Callebaut AG is covered by 27 analysts. 12 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
Volker Bosse	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Andreas von Arx	Baader Helvea Equity Research
Alexander Sloane	Barclays