Wise Group plc

NasdaqGS:WSE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$13.6b

Wise Group Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Wise Group's CEO is Kristo Kaarmann, appointed in Jan 2010, has a tenure of 16.33 years. total yearly compensation is £208.10K, comprised of 94.7% salary and 5.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 18.38% of the company’s shares, worth $2.51B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 4.9 years respectively.

Key information

Kristo Kaarmann

Chief executive officer

UK£208.1k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage94.67%
CEO tenure16.3yrs
CEO ownership18.4%
Management average tenure4.3yrs
Board average tenure4.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kristo Kaarmann's remuneration changed compared to Wise Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2025n/an/a

UK£387m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

UK£402m

Mar 31 2025UK£208kUK£197k

UK£417m

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

UK£424m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

UK£431m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

UK£393m

Mar 31 2024UK£199kUK£186k

UK£355m

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

UK£286m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

UK£217m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

UK£166m

Mar 31 2023UK£209kUK£197k

UK£114m

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

UK£86m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

UK£58m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

UK£45m

Mar 31 2022UK£162kUK£153k

UK£33m

Compensation vs Market: Kristo's total compensation ($USD278.86K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.74M).

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

CEO

Kristo Kaarmann (45 yo)

16.3yrs
Tenure
UK£208,100
Compensation

Mr. Kristo Kaarmann is Co-Founder of Wise plc since 2010 and serves as its Director since April 28, 2021 & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kaarmann is in charge of all operations activities, technology, devel...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kristo Kaarmann
Co-Founder16.3yrsUK£208.10k18.38%
$ 2.5b
Emmanuel Thomassin
CFO & Director1.6yrsUK£671.50kno data
Rohan Basu
Head of Global Operations2.2yrsno datano data
Harsh Sinha
Chief Technology Officer11.3yrsno datano data
Martin Adams
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Jessica Winter
General Counsel4.3yrsno datano data
SerJin Lee
Interim Chief Compliance Officer1.4yrsno datano data
Sana Rahman
Global Head of Communicationsno datano datano data
Cian Weeresinghe
Chief Marketing Officer5.2yrsno datano data
Isabel Naidoo
Chief People Officer3.9yrsno datano data
Diana Avila
Chief Banking and Expansion Officer6.9yrsno datano data
Nilan Peiris
Chief Product Officer4.3yrsno datano data
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
49yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: WSE's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kristo Kaarmann
Co-Founder5.1yrsUK£208.10k18.38%
$ 2.5b
Emmanuel Thomassin
CFO & Director1.6yrsUK£671.50kno data
Scott Hill
Independent Non-Executive Directorless than a yearno datano data
Elizabeth Chambers
Independent Non-Executive Director3.1yrsUK£180.00kno data
Terri Duhon
Independent Non-Executive Director4.3yrsUK£170.00k0.00091%
$ 124.1k
David Wells
Independent Non-Executive Chair4.9yrsUK£285.00kno data
Ingo Uytdehaage
Independent Non Executive Director4.9yrsUK£185.00kno data
Clare Gilmartin
Senior Independent Director4.9yrsUK£185.00k0.0095%
$ 1.3m
Alastair Rampell
Non-Executive Director4.9yrsno datano data
Hooi Ling Tan
Independent Non-Executive Director4.9yrsUK£170.00k0.0095%
$ 1.3m
4.9yrs
Average Tenure
52.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: WSE's board of directors are considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/14 18:51
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/14 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Wise Group plc is covered by 28 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joao Safara SilvaBanco Santander
Sven MerktBarclays
Grégoire HermannBarclays