Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
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Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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., an executive search firm he founded in 1995 and sold to Korn/Ferry International in 1999. Immediately prior thereto he was Co-Head of North America and the Managing Director of the Chicago office of Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., the largest executive search firm in the Midwest, where he was employed for more than 18 years. He currently serves as a director of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Crist is a director of Hinsdale Bank. Mr. Crist’s experience assisting companies with executive searches provides him with insight into the attraction and retention of Company personnel, an important concern of the Company. In addition, Mr. Crist’s experience as an executive of several large, Chicago-based businesses provides him with insight into the management and operational challenges and opportunities facing the Company in its markets. He also brings experience as the previous Chair of the Compensation Committee of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Additionally, Mr. Crist’s experience as a director of Hinsdale Bank gives him valuable insight into the Company’s banking operations. William J. Doyle (74), Director since 2017. Mr. Doyle served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (“PotashCorp”), one of the world’s largest fertilizer suppliers, for 15 years, and retired in July 2015. Mr. Doyle formerly served as President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association, a trade association representing the global fertilizer industry, and was a board member of Canpotex and the International Plant Nutrition Institute. Mr. Doyle is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and retired as Chairman of the University’s Board of Directors in July 2021. He also currently serves on the board of the Big Shoulders Fund, a charity providing support to Catholic schools in the neediest areas of inner-city Chicago. Mr. Doyle’s experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of PotashCorp provides him with insight into the challenges of leading a large and complex global organization with key operations throughout the world, as well as an understanding of the operation and management of, and governance and regulatory considerations associated with, a large public company. Marla F. Glabe (71), Director since 2015. Ms. Glabe has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry including her service as a senior executive with Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”) and as a member of the board of directors of Allstate Life Insurance Company. From 1974 to 2009,