Company: WAL-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-057334
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Company: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
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 the Governance Committee should send such recommendation to the Company’s Corporate Secretary at the address shown on the back cover of this proxy statement, who will then forward it to the Governance Committee. Any such recommendation should include the following minimum information for each director nominee: full name, address and telephone number, age, a description of the candidate’s qualifications for service on the Board of Directors (such as principal occupation and directorships on publicly-held companies during the past five years), the candidate’s written consent to be considered for nomination and to serve if nominated and elected, and the number of shares of Company common stock owned by the stockholder making the director nominee recommendation, if any.

A stockholder who wishes to nominate an individual as a director candidate at the Annual Meeting, rather than recommend the individual to the Governance Committee as a nominee, must comply with certain advance notice requirements. See “Stockholder Proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting” on page80for more information on these procedures.

With respect to this year’s Annual Meeting, no nominations for directors were received from stockholders.

| 4 | 2025 PROXY STATEMENT |

| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |

Information as to Director Nominees The Board of Directors has nominated the individuals listed below to be elected as directors at the Annual Meeting. See “ Proposal No. 1 Election of Directors ” on page 33 . Each of the Company’s current directors also serves as a director of the Company’s wholly owned bank subsidiary, Western Alliance Bank. In connection with his or her election to the Company’s Board of Directors, these nominees will also be elected to the board of Western Alliance Bank. All ages are provided as of the Record Date.

| BRUCE D. BEACH, C.P.A. |                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                        |
|                        | Senior AdvisorBeachFleischman PCAge: 76 Director since: 2005 Board Chair since: 2022Audit Committee Financial Expert | Committee Membership·   Audit Committee ·    Compensation Committee·   Finance and Investment Committee·    Governance Committee·   Risk Committee | Education·   B.S., Accounting, University of Arizona ·   M.B.A., University of Arizona |

| Qualifications |                                                                                                                   |
| ·              | Financial expert with over 45 years of experience in public accounting.                                           |
| ·              | Business leader with extensive management experience, including 24 years as a CEO of a large private corporation. |
| ·              | Co-founder of one of the largest locally owned Certified Public Accounting (CPA