Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-057334
Chunk: 9

Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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. |     | TECHNOLOGY/INFOSEC Experience with or oversight of innovative technology, cybersecurity, information systems/data management, fintech or privacy.PUBLIC COMPANY GOVERNANCEExperience serving on a board of directors of a public company or professional experience in the corporate governance field, with gained knowledge of corporate governance matters, policies, and best practices regarding public companies.CEO EXPERIENCECurrent or former CEO of publicly held or large private corporation.COMPENSATION & MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT Experience in senior executive development, succession planning and compensation matters.FINANCE & ACCOUNTINGKnowledge of or experience in accounting, financial reporting or auditing processes and standards. |

| 2025 PROXY STATEMENT | 3 |

| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |

DirectorNomination Process

Board Makeup

In addition to determining the appropriate qualifications to serve as a member of the Board, the Board, in consultation with the Governance Committee, sets an appropriate number of directors to serve on the Board. Currently, the Company’s Bylaws provide that the Board of Directors will consist of not less than eight or more than seventeen directors, and the Board may, from time to time, fix the number of directors within these limits. The Governance Committee recommended to the Board that the appropriate size of the Board should be between eleven and fourteen directors. The Board has set the number of directors at thirteen. At the Annual Meeting, the Board will be set at thirteen and the directors will be elected to serve for one-year terms.

Governance Committee Recommendations for Nominees

Together with the Board, the Governance Committee remains committed to director refreshment, enhancing the skill set of the Board, and considering directors who bring important traits and perspectives to the board room. The Governance Committee continuously seeks out candidates who will contribute to the Board’s skill set and qualifications, and may at times engage third-party vendors to assist with identifying potential candidates when appropriate.

The nominees standing for election to the Company’s Board of Directors at this year’s Annual Meeting are current directors. The Governance Committee and the Board of Directors believe that all of the nominees satisfy the above-described director standards. Accordingly, all of such nominees were approved to stand for re-election by the Board of Directors, based in part on the recommendation of the Governance Committee.

Stockholder Recommendations for Nominees

Although the Governance Committee has no formal policy with respect to the consideration of director candidates recommended by stockholders, it will consider nominees for directors recommended by stockholders in the same manner it considers nominees for directors recommended by other sources. A stockholder wishing to recommend a director candidate for consideration by