Remuneration

Our Remuneration Policy

Makes visible the fair, performance-based and results-oriented compensation of our Executive Management and Board of Directors.

Remuneration Policy and Remuneration Report

In accordance with the Danish Companies Act and the Danish Corporate Governance Recommendation Lundbeck has prepared a Remuneration Policy. The policy was approved with sufficient majority at Lundbeck’s Annual General Meeting on 20 March 2024. Further, Lundbeck has in accordance with the Danish Corporate Governance Recommendations prepared a Remuneration Report. Both the Remuneration Policy and the Remuneration Report can be downloaded below.

Decision Process and Approval Framework

Each of the registered Executive Management members participates in a short-term incentive program that provides an annual cash bonus based on the achievement of predetermined targets for the preceding financial year. The short-term incentive payment levels will be determined by the Board of Directors from year to year. The CEO has a target of up to 100% and a maximum of up to 117% of the fixed annual base salary. The other registered Executive Management members have a target of up to 33.33% and a maximum of up to 50% of the fixed annual base salary. All registered Executive Management members may receive payment below target and potentially no payment in case of performance below target.

Remuneration of key management personnel1

  2024 DKKm 2023 DKKm
Short-term staff benefits 127 157
Retirement benefits 11 13
Other social security costs 1 1
Equity- and cash-settled incentive programmes 22 24
Severance and other costs 20 40
Total 181 235
  1. Key management personnel are defined as persons who report directly to the registered Executive Management.

Executive Management

2024 DKKm Charl van Zyl   

President & CEO
Joerg Hornstein

EVP & CFO
Lars Bang

EVP, Product Devopment & Supply
Per Johan Luthman

EVP, R&D
Deborah Dunsire

Former President & CEO
Jacob Tolstrup

Former EVP, Commercial Operations ex US
Total
Management
Base Salary
9.0 6.1 4.6 5.1 - 0.8 25.6
Pension 0.1 - 1.2 1.3 - 0.2 2.8
Other benefits 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 - - 2.0
Total fixed 10.3 6.4 6.1 6.6 - 1.0 30.4
Tax indemnification - - - - -2.7 - -2.7
Total after tax indemnification 27.7 11.2 10.5 11.6 -2.7 16.2 74.5

Remuneration - Board of Directors

The total remuneration of the Board of Directors for 2024 amounted to DKK 9.0 million (DKK 9.6 million in 2023). The amount includes fees for participation in the Audit Committee of DKK 0.7 million (DKK 0.7 million in 2023), the Remuneration Committee of DKK 0.7 million (DKK 0.7 million in 2023), the Scientific Committee of DKK 1.0 million (DKK 1.1 million in 2023) and travel allowances of DKK 0.9 million (DKK 1.2 million in 2023) for board members with permanent residence outside of Europe. The total remuneration of the chair of the Board of Directors amounted to DKK 1.7 million (DKK 1.7 million in 2023). The total remuneration of the deputy chair of the Board of Directors amounted to DKK 1.2 million (DKK 1.2 million in 2023). These amounts include fees for participation in Board committees. The remuneration for 2024 is consistent with the remuneration presented at the Annual General Meeting held on 20 March 2024.


The members of the Board of Directors held a total of 295,101 Lundbeck shares at 31 December 2024 (292,518 shares at 31 December 2023).

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