We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.
Key information
Carsten Knobel
Chief executive officer
€5.8m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
26.93%
CEO tenure
13.9yrs
CEO ownership
n/a
Management average tenure
5.7yrs
Board average tenure
8.2yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Carsten Knobel's remuneration changed compared to Henkel KGaA's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
€6m
€2m
€2b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
€2b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
€2b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
€2b
Dec 31 2024
€7m
€2m
€2b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
€2b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
€2b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
€2b
Dec 31 2023
€7m
€2m
€1b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
€1b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
€1b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
€1b
Dec 31 2022
€7m
€1m
€1b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
€1b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
€1b
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
€1b
Dec 31 2021
€8m
€1m
€2b
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
€2b
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
€2b
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
€1b
Dec 31 2020
€7m
€1m
€1b
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
€2b
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
€2b
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
€2b
Dec 31 2019
€4m
€750k
€2b
Compensation vs Market: Carsten's total compensation ($USD6.79M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.63M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Carsten's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Carsten Knobel (57 yo)
13.9yrs
Tenure
€5,849,283
Compensation
Dr. Carsten Knobel is Member of Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from 2026. Dr. Knobel has been Chief Executive Officer of Henkel Corporation since September 2020. Dr. Knobel has been...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Carsten Knobel
CEO & Chairman of the Management Board - Henkel Management AG
13.9yrs
€5.85m
no data
Marco Swoboda
CFO, EVP of Fin
6.4yrs
€3.45m
no data
Sylvie Nicol
Executive VP of HR
7.2yrs
€3.45m
no data
Wolfgang Konig
Executive VP of Consumer Brands & Member of Mang. Board - Henkel Mang. AG
5yrs
€3.52m
no data
Mark Dorn
Executive VP of Adhesive Technologies & Member of the Management Board - Henkel Management AG
3.3yrs
€2.95m
no data
Leslie Iltgen
Head of Investor Relations
3.8yrs
no data
no data
Thomas Kühn
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
no data
no data
no data
Stefan Sudhoff
Head of Hair Professional - Henkel Beauty Care
no data
no data
no data
Bertrand Conquéret
President of Global Supply Chain & Chief Procurement Officer
no data
no data
no data
Lars Witteck
Head of External Communications
no data
no data
no data
Oliver Bossmann
Corporate VP & Global Head of Flexible Packaging
no data
no data
no data
Thomas Keller
Corporate Senior Vice President of Beauty Care-Eastern Europe/CIS
no data
no data
no data
5.7yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: HENO.F's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.7 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Albrecht Woeste
Honorary Chairman of Henkel Group
no data
no data
no data
Barbara Kux
Independent Member of Supervisory Board
12.9yrs
€129.00k
no data
Gudrun Simone Bagel-Trah
Chairwoman of Supervisory Board
18.2yrs
€282.00k
no data
Michael Vassiliadis
Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board
8.2yrs
€148.00k
no data
Birgit Helten-Kindlein
Employee Representative Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board
18.2yrs
€187.00k
no data
Edgar Topsch
Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board
15.8yrs
€123.00k
no data
Lutz Bunnenberg
Independent Member of Supervisory Board
6yrs
€75.00k
no data
Simone Menne
Independent Member of Supervisory Board
6yrs
€168.00k
no data
Benedikt-Richard von Herman
Independent Member of Supervisory Board
10.2yrs
€100.00k
no data
Laurent Martinez
Independent Shareholder-Representative Member of Supervisory Board
3.2yrs
€123.00k
no data
Dirk Thiede
Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board
8.2yrs
€75.00k
no data
Michael Baumscheiper
Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board
5.5yrs
€75.00k
no data
8.2yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: HENO.F's board of directors are considered experienced (8.2 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/15 08:15
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/08 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
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