Biopharma & Life Sciences
Mettler Toledo International Executive Compensation (FY25)
MTD · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 11, 2026
250 figures on this page: 239 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Patrick Kaltenbach was paid $6,741,212 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025, and compared with the $6,817,569 reported for fiscal 2024, Kaltenbach's total was 1.1% lower. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 118:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $56,972. For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 87.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 7, 2026. The disclosed peer group includes Agilent Technologies, AMETEK, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Bruker Corp. and Fortive Corp., among others.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Patrick Kaltenbach: $6,817,569 → $6,741,212 (1.1% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 86.5% → 87.9% (1.4 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 150:1 → 118:1 (21.3% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Mettler Toledo International's chief executive and what were they paid?
Patrick Kaltenbach was paid $6,741,212 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $6,817,569 reported for fiscal 2024, Kaltenbach's total was 1.1% lower.
What was Mettler Toledo International's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 87.9% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 7, 2026.
Which companies are in Mettler Toledo International's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Agilent Technologies, AMETEK, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Bruker Corp. and Fortive Corp., among others.
What is Mettler Toledo International's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 118:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $56,972.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Kaltenbach President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shawn Vadala Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Keller Vice President and Head of Operations | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yvonne Wong Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Kaltenbach President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shawn Vadala Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Keller Vice President and Head of Operations | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yvonne Wong Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Kaltenbach President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shawn Vadala Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Keller Vice President and Head of Operations | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Yvonne Wong Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Kaltenbach President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Shawn Vadala Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Susan Graham-Bryce Chief Human Resources Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc de La Guéronnière Head of EU and NA | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Wong Head of Asia and Pacific | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kaltenbach | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Patrick Kaltenbach | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Richard Wong | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Richard Wong | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Shawn P. Vadala | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Shawn P. Vadala | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Susan Graham-Bryce | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Susan Graham-Bryce | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Susan Graham-Bryce | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kaltenbach | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Shawn Vadala | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Richard Wong | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Susan Graham-Bryce | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roland Diggelmann Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Thomas P. Salice Lead independent director | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elisha W. Finney | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael A. Kelly | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Domitille Doat-Le Bigot | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ingrid Zhang | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Wolfgang Wienand | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brian Shepherd | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Pablo Perversi | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Richard Francis | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Michael J. Tokich served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Agilent Technologies A
- AMETEK AME
- Bio-Rad Laboratories BIO
- Bruker Corp. BRKR
- Fortive Corp. FTV
- Hologic HOLX
- IDEX Corp. IEX
- Intuitive Surgical ISRG
- Nordson Corporation NDSN
- ResMed RMD
- Revvity RVTY
- Rockwell Automation ROK
- Teledyne Technologies TDY
- Teleflex TFX
- Waters Corp. WAT
- Xylem XYL
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 7, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 1, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 9, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 4, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 5, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | May 6, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 7, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | May 9, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 3, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 4, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | May 5, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Mettler Toledo International disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Mettler Toledo International sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
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250 figures on this page: 239 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
239 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001037646-26-000024
- 0001174947-26-0003892025 Director Compensation · CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
- 0001037646-25-000023
- 0001999371-25-002677EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES
- 0001037646-24-000014
- 0001999371-24-003672Summary Compensation Table (1)
- 0001037646-23-000014Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001552781-23-000117Summary Compensation Table
- 0001037646-22-000017Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001037646-21-000021
- 0001037646-20-000015Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001037646-19-000022Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001037646-18-000013Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001037646-17-000011Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001037646-16-000053Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}