Vestas Wind Systems' CEO is Henrik Andersen, appointed in Aug 2019, has a tenure of 6.83 years. total yearly compensation is €5.64M, comprised of 33% salary and 67% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.031% of the company’s shares, worth $8.70M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.9 years and 5.2 years respectively.
Key information
Henrik Andersen
Chief executive officer
€5.6m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
32.96%
CEO tenure
6.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.03%
Management average tenure
4.9yrs
Board average tenure
5.2yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Henrik Andersen's remuneration changed compared to Vestas Wind Systems's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
€855m
Dec 31 2025
€6m
€2m
€778m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
€937m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
€762m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
€572m
Dec 31 2024
€5m
€2m
€499m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
€49m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-€49m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-€6m
Dec 31 2023
€9m
€2m
€77m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-€612m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-€788m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-€792m
Dec 31 2022
€5m
€2m
-€2b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-€1b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-€764m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
-€563m
Dec 31 2021
€4m
€2m
€134m
Compensation vs Market: Henrik's total compensation ($USD6.48M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.67M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Henrik's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Henrik Andersen (59 yo)
6.8yrs
Tenure
€5,643,990
Compensation
Mr. Henrik Andersen served as Director of Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. since 2022 until 2026. He was Director at Saxo Bank A/S since 2022 until March 02, 2026.He has been Group President and Chief Executi...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Henrik Andersen
Group President & CEO
6.8yrs
€5.64m
0.031% $ 8.7m
Jakob Wegge-Larsen
EVP & CFO
1.1yrs
€1.66m
0.0035% $ 959.0k
Rasmus Gram
Senior VP & Head of Group Financial Performance
no data
€1.03m
no data
Felix Henseler
Chief Technology & Operations Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Daniel Patterson
VP & Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Anders Riis
Vice President of Communications
no data
no data
no data
Morten Dyrholm
Group Senior Vice President of Marketing
no data
no data
no data
Javier Diez
Executive VP of Sales & Chief Sales Officer
4.9yrs
no data
0.0065% $ 1.8m
Anne Pearce
Executive Vice President of People & Culture
2.4yrs
no data
0.00060% $ 165.8k
Anders Vedel
Chief Scientific Advisor
6.1yrs
no data
no data
Danny Nielsen
Senior VP & Country Head
12.2yrs
no data
no data
Christian Venderby
Executive Vice President of Service
no data
no data
0.015% $ 4.2m
4.9yrs
Average Tenure
52yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: VWDR.Y's management team is considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Karl-Henrik Sundstrom
Independent Deputy Chair of the Board
6.2yrs
€283.81k
0.00083% $ 229.4k
Lena Olving
Independent Director
4.2yrs
€147.23k
0.00049% $ 135.4k
Sussie Agerbo
Employee Representative Director
20.6yrs
€64.80k
0.00033% $ 91.2k
Anders Runevad
Chairman of the Board
6.2yrs
€361.63k
0.0051% $ 1.4m
Eva Merete Berneke
Independent Director
7.2yrs
€141.04k
0.0018% $ 486.4k
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Independent Director
7.2yrs
€102.92k
0.00043% $ 118.8k
Michael Lisbjerg
Employee Representative Director
18.2yrs
€64.80k
0.00042% $ 116.1k
Claudio Facchin
Independent Director
1.2yrs
€77.75k
0.0014% $ 392.4k
Bruno Stephane Bensasson
Independent Director
1.2yrs
€77.75k
0.00010% $ 27.6k
Henriette Thygesen
Independent Director
2.2yrs
€102.92k
0.00016% $ 44.2k
Claus Christensen
Employee Representative Director
4.1yrs
€64.80k
0.00012% $ 33.2k
Louise B. Nielsen
Employee Representatives Director
2.2yrs
€64.80k
0.000050% $ 13.8k
5.2yrs
Average Tenure
57.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: VWDR.Y's board of directors are considered experienced (5.2 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/21 07:08
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/18 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is covered by 45 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.