Company: CFG-PE
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000759944-25-000044
Chunk: 22

Company: CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC/RI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 22
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 as Global Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Client Business, BlackRock Inc.                                                                                                  |
| 2011 to 2017                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Served in various roles at Marsh LLC and Guy Carpenter & Company, both operating subsidiaries of Marsh McLennan, including Chief Operating Officer, Global Risk & Specialties, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. & Canada, and Managing Director and Head, Global Transformation. |
| Prior to 2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Served in various risk, compliance and strategy roles at Fannie Mae, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Prudential Financial, Inc., and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.                                                                                                           |

Further Information Mr. Wade joined our board on March 1, 2025. He also serves on the board of our primary subsidiary CBNA. He previously served on the boards of Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Executive (from 2019

to 2021), the Georgia Research Alliance (from 2020 to 2021), and the Woodruff Arts Center (from 2020 to 2021). Mr. Wade is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt & Certified Agile Scrum Master. He received his MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business and his B.A. in finance from Pace University. Relevant Skills and Experience

| Financial Services |     | Compliance & Regulations |
| Technology         |     | Risk Management          |

Mr. Wade has an extensive background in the financial services industry with over 30 years experience. He is a proven leader in operational and technology transformation experienced in modernizing and streamlining operations and client engagement in digital ways as a result of his roles at AIG, BlackRock and Marsh LLC and Guy Carpenter & Company, both operating subsidiaries of Marsh McLennan. He has expertise in risk and compliance serving in compliance and strategy roles at Prudential, and as chief risk officer PNC Global Investment Servicing before serving in process improvement and risk roles at Fannie Mae.

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#### Corporate Governance Matters
|                           |     | Marita ZuraitisINDEPENDENT DIRECTOR         |
| Age:64                    
 Joined the Board:May 2011 |     | Board Committees:                           
 Nominating & Corporate Governance; Risk     
 Other Current Public Company Directorships: 
 Horace Mann Educators Corporation           |

Career Highlights

| 2013 to Present                                                                                                                     |
| Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Horace Mann Educators Corporation                                                |
| 2004 to 2013