Wise Group's CEO is Kristo Kaarmann, appointed in Jan 2010, has a tenure of 16.42 years. total yearly compensation is $275.90K, comprised of 94.6% salary and 5.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 18.99% of the company’s shares, worth $2.24B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.4 years and 5 years respectively.
How has Kristo Kaarmann's remuneration changed compared to Wise Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
US$276k
US$261k
US$499m
Dec 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$514m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$520m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$551m
Mar 31 2025
US$269k
US$254k
US$550m
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$603m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$577m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$497m
Mar 31 2024
US$251k
US$235k
US$502m
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$365m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$265m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$210m
Mar 31 2023
US$257k
US$243k
US$141m
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$104m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$64m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$55m
Mar 31 2022
US$212k
US$201k
US$43m
Compensation vs Market: Kristo's total compensation ($USD275.90K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.43M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Kristo's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Kristo Kaarmann (46 yo)
16.4yrs
Tenure
US$275,900
Compensation
Mr. Kristo Kaarmann is Co-Founder of Wise plc since 2010 and serves as Chief Executive Officer and serves as its Director since April 28, 2021. Mr. Kaarmann is in charge of all operations activities, techn...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Kristo Kaarmann
Co-Founder
16.4yrs
US$275.90k
18.99% $ 2.2b
Emmanuel Francois Jean-Claude Thomassin
CFO & Director
1.7yrs
US$3.42m
no data
Rohan Basu
Head of Global Operations
2.3yrs
no data
no data
Harsh Sinha
Chief Technology Officer
11.1yrs
no data
no data
Martin Adams
Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Jessica Winter
General Counsel
4.4yrs
no data
no data
SerJin Lee
Interim Chief Compliance Officer
1.5yrs
no data
no data
Sana Rahman
Global Head of Communications
no data
no data
no data
Cian Weeresinghe
Chief Marketing Officer
5.3yrs
no data
no data
Isabel Naidoo
Chief People Officer
4yrs
no data
no data
Diana Avila
Chief Banking and Expansion Officer
7yrs
no data
no data
Nilan Peiris
Chief Product Officer
4.4yrs
no data
no data
4.4yrs
Average Tenure
48yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: WSE's management team is considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Kristo Kaarmann
Co-Founder
5.2yrs
US$275.90k
18.99% $ 2.2b
Emmanuel Francois Jean-Claude Thomassin
CFO & Director
1.7yrs
US$3.42m
no data
Scott Hill
Independent Non-Executive Director
less than a year
US$22.00k
no data
Elizabeth Chambers
Independent Non-Executive Director
3.2yrs
US$238.00k
no data
Terri Duhon
Independent Non-Executive Director
4.4yrs
US$235.00k
0.00094% $ 111.0k
David Wells
Independent Non-Executive Chair
5yrs
US$517.00k
no data
Clare Gilmartin
Senior Independent Director
5yrs
US$245.00k
0.0098% $ 1.2m
Alastair Rampell
Non-Executive Director
5yrs
US$177.00k
no data
Hooi Ling Tan
Independent Non-Executive Director
5yrs
US$225.00k
0.0098% $ 1.2m
5.0yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: WSE's board of directors are considered experienced (5 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/30 04:18
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/30 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2026/03/31
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