ZURICH, March 6 (Reuters) -

UBS CEO Ralph Hamers was paid 12.6 million Swiss francs ($13.47 million) in 2022, up from 11.5 million francs in the previous year, the bank said in its annual report published on Monday.

Together, the senior executives at Switzerland's biggest bank collected compensation of 106.9 million francs ($114 million) in 2022, slightly down from 107.8 million francs in 2021.

After taking over from Chairman Axel Weber in April, Colm Kelleher was awarded 4.7 million francs for the remainder of 2022 and the period to the 2023 annual general meeting.

Although Hamers received a pay rise, group bonuses were down for a second year in a row.

Across the bank, the total performance-based bonus pool fell 10% to $3.3 billion.

The lower group bonus pool comes several weeks after the bank announced better-than-expected results for last year. UBS beat analyst expectations by reporting a $7.6 billion net profit for 2022, but forecast an uncertain year ahead due to the war in Ukraine and sagging client confidence.

"The performance award pool continues to reflect our strict pay-for-performance philosophy," UBS said in the report.

The bank said its exposure to Russia amounted to $98 million out of its total emerging market exposure of $18.6 billion as of the end of 2022.

Its Russian exposure was down from $634 million a year earlier.

UBS said it had no material direct country exposures to Belarus or to Ukraine.

"Geopolitical tensions will continue to create uncertainty, while the Russia–Ukraine war complicates the energy price outlook," the bank said.

($1 = 0.9352 Swiss francs) (Reporting by Noele Illien; editing by John O'Donnell and Jason Neely)