Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 21

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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 Proxy Statement

#### Corporate Governance Matters
|                                |     | Christopher J. SwiftINDEPENDENT DIRECTOR             |
| Age:64                         
 Joined the Board:February 2021 |     | Board Committees:                                    
 Compensation & HR; Nominating & Corporate Governance 
 Other Current Public Company Directorships:          
 The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc           |

Career Highlights

| 2014 to Present                                                                                                                           |
| Chairman (since 2015) and Chief Executive Officer, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.                                            |
| 2010 to 2014                                                                                                                              |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.                                         |
| 2003 to 2010                                                                                                                              |
| Held various senior leadership and finance roles at American International Group, Inc.                                                    |
| Prior to 2003                                                                                                                             |
| Head of the Global Insurance Industry Practice at KPMG LLP which he joined as a certified public accountant focused on financial services |

Further Information Mr. Swift is on the executive committee and the board of directors of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

He is a member of the Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, Council on Foreign Relations, and The Geneva Association. He also serves on the board of our primary subsidiary CBNA. Mr. Swift holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Marquette University, where he is also a trustee. Relevant Skills and Experience

| Executive Leadership |     | Financial Reporting & Capital Planning |
| Risk Management      |     | Sustainability Practices               |

Mr. Swift is a seasoned executive with 35 years experience in the insurance industry and expertise in risk management. He has extensive background in financial reporting and capital planning having served as a chief financial officer and certified public accountant. He also has experience in global restructuring and mergers and acquisitions . Mr. Swift serves on numerous industry associations, and has experience in sustainability practices as a member of Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose.

|                             |     | Claude E. WadeINDEPENDENT DIRECTOR          |
| Age:57                      
 Joined the Board:March 2025 |     | Board Committees:                           
 Risk                                        
 Other Current Public Company Directorships: 
 None                                        |

Career Highlights

| 2021 to Present                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Global Head of Operations and Claims, AIG, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 2017 to 2021                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Served as Global Head, Client Experience and Head, Atlanta Innovation Hub and prior to that