Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
Chunk: 39

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 39
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, including business applications, software engineering, platforms, data, architecture, agility, infrastructure, tech innovation, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Mr. Nafde previously served as Senior Vice President, Head of Software Engineering, Digital Delivery and Agility at Webster from 2020 to 2022.                                                                                                                                                                |
| JASON SOTO                             
 Chief Credit Officer                   |     | Mr. Soto, age 51, serves as Chief Credit Officer of Webster and Webster Bank. Mr. Soto previously served as a Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Executive at Webster from 2015 to 2018, where he oversaw commercial and industrial lending, including Sponsor Finance, and advanced our credit strategy and risk governance program. Mr. Soto serves on the board of Families First, a Watertown, MA-based nonprofit focused on early childhood parent education.                                                                                                                                                                            |
| MARISSA WEIDNER                        
 Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer |     | Ms. Weidner, age 48, serves as the Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer for Webster and Webster Bank since 2022. Ms. Weidner previously served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer at Sterling National Bank from 2019 until 2022. Prior to joining Sterling, she served as President of the Westchester County Association and as Vice President of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation. Ms. Weidner serves on the Board of Directors for the College of Westchester’s Charitable Foundation, Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County, and the Women’s Business Development Council. |
| CHARLES L. WILKINS                     
 Head of HSA Bank                       |     | Mr. Wilkins, age 63, joined Webster in 2014 and serves as Head of HSA Bank. Prior to joining Webster, he was President of his own consulting practice specializing in healthcare and financial services from 2012 through 2013. Mr. Wilkins serves on the Board of Career Resources, Inc. a renowned nonprofit organization specializing in workforce development throughout Connecticut.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

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| WebsterFinancial Corporation |     | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |

| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |

Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“ CD&A ”)

Introduction

The CD&A discusses in detail the 2024 executive compensation program for the Company’s Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and the three other most highly compensated executives (collectively, our “ NEOs ”). The Company’s previous Executive Chairman, Jack Kopnisky