In 2018, had the Nordic development fund’s managing director Pasi Hellman a salary of 218.000 sek before tax. According to nätmagasinet the World, it is the highest salary as of the date noted in their reviews of chefslönerna in biståndsbranschen.
chairman of the board Lars Roth, senior administrator at the state department, says that Sweden has been against the the the salary.
– The short answer is that hellman’s representatives had the same salary, it is difficult to enforce a pay cut. From the Swedish side, we think that it is a high salary, but we can only say that we have a different perception of salaries in the nordic countries, ” says Lars Roth to DN.
Nordic development fund is a nordic organisation working for the klimatinvesteringar in low-income countries, and the fund is financed to large parts of the Swedish aid budget, according to the outside World.
says that Sweden’s representation in the board of directors seemed for a lower salary when Pasi Hellman added, but that a consensus must be achieved around such a decision. According to Lars Roth voted some of the nordic countries, and some for a lower salary.
“I think of course that it is important to be restrictive when it comes to relief funds, but it is important with the right person in the right place, it is an important fund and it is a labour market where it competes with other operators,” says Lars Roth.
“I do not want to speculate,” says Lars Roth.
as was previously the deputy director of the Finnish assisting authority, will in August be replaced by the Swedish Karin Isaksson. NDF’s office has not returned with answers to the salary Karin Isaksson will get, write the rest of the World. They also stated that NDF did not returned the last time they asked about salary. Second on the list with a total of 62 organisations reviewed, is the Swedfund ceo Maria Håkansson with 156.000 sek a month. Third comes the Idea-the head Yyes Leterme with 149.300 crowns. He has not been extended the trust of the board of directors.
the Survey shows that those who are managers of government agencies, state enterprises or intergovernmental organisations in the biståndsbranschen earn the most, according to the outside World. The average salary for the 20 organisations that tops the list is 112,000 dollars a month.
