Essity's CEO is Ulrika Kolsrud, appointed in Jun 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is SEK28.08M, comprised of 33.7% salary and 66.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.003% of the company’s shares, worth $545.26K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.8 years and 4.2 years respectively.
Key information
Ulrika Kolsrud
Chief executive officer
SEK 28.1m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
33.70%
CEO tenure
less than a year
CEO ownership
0.003%
Management average tenure
2.8yrs
Board average tenure
4.2yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Ulrika Kolsrud's remuneration changed compared to Essity's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
SEK 12b
Dec 31 2025
SEK 28m
SEK 9m
SEK 13b
Compensation vs Market: Ulrika's total compensation ($USD3.03M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.58M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Ulrika's compensation with company performance.
CEO
Ulrika Kolsrud (55 yo)
less than a year
Tenure
SEK 28,079,780
Compensation
Ms. Ulrika Kolsrud, MSc Eng., is CEO and President at Essity AB (publ) from June 1, 2025. She served as President of Health and Medical Solutions at Essity AB (publ) (formerly known as Essity Aktiebolag (p...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ulrika Kolsrud
President & CEO
less than a year
SEK 28.08m
0.0031% $ 545.3k
Carl Fredrik Rystedt
CFO, Executive VP of Central Function Finance
9.3yrs
SEK 20.42m
0.0074% $ 1.3m
Niklas Sundberg
Chief Digital & Information Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Sandra Åberg
VP & Head of Investor Relations
2.7yrs
no data
no data
Mikael Schmidt
CLO, General Counsel
14.3yrs
no data
0.0060% $ 1.1m
Jessica Alm
Chief Communication Officer & Central Function of Corporate Communications
2.8yrs
no data
0.00051% $ 91.2k
Anna Savinger-Åslund
Chief Human Resources Officer & Central Function Human Resources
11.3yrs
no data
no data
Volker Zoller
President of Business Unit Consumer Tissue
11.3yrs
no data
0.0046% $ 818.8k
Pablo Fuentes
President of Business Unit Professional Hygiene
10.3yrs
no data
0.0066% $ 1.2m
Tuomas Yrjölä
President of Business Unit Personal Care
no data
no data
0.0037% $ 656.1k
Sahil Tesfu
Chief Strategy Officer & Sustainability Officer
1.3yrs
no data
0.0016% $ 280.7k
Anand Chandarana
President of Business Unit Health & Medical
less than a year
no data
0.00081% $ 144.8k
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
53.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: ETTY.F's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Jan Gurander
Independent Chairman of the Board
3.2yrs
SEK 3.40m
0.0022% $ 393.3k
Bert Ake Nordberg
Independent Director
10.3yrs
SEK 1.11m
0.0066% $ 1.2m
Annemarie Gardshol
Independent Director
10.3yrs
SEK 960.00k
0.0012% $ 212.7k
Barbara Milian Thoralfsson
Independent Director
10.3yrs
SEK 1.60m
0.00044% $ 78.7k
Örjan Svensson
Employee Representative Director
9.3yrs
no data
0.000020% $ 3.6k
Torbjorn Loof
Independent Director
5.2yrs
SEK 1.11m
0.0013% $ 223.5k
Karl Åberg
Independent Director
2.2yrs
SEK 1.31m
0.21% $ 37.4m
Katarina Martinson
Independent Director
1.2yrs
SEK 1.31m
0.092% $ 16.4m
Maria Carell
Independent Director
3.2yrs
SEK 960.00k
0.00022% $ 39.3k
Alexander Lacik
Independent Director
1.2yrs
SEK 960.00k
0.00088% $ 157.3k
Susanna Lind
Employee Representative Director
6.8yrs
no data
0.000020% $ 3.6k
Sofia Lafqvist
Employee Representative Director
2.3yrs
no data
no data
4.2yrs
Average Tenure
59.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: ETTY.F's board of directors are considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/06 23:28
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/04 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Essity AB (publ) is covered by 24 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.