Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
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Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 Current Committees:              
 Risk (Chair)                     
 Compensation and Human Resources 
 Executive                        |     | Committees pending re-election at Annual Meeting: 
 Risk                                              
 Compensation and Human Resources                  |

SELECTED DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:

• Background as the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of a public company brings strong executive experience to the Board, along with his expertise in finance and marketing

• Extensive business, corporate governance and risk management experience as a director for both public and private companies, with continued educational certification in FinTech and Compensation and Human Resources

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• President of Blackthorne Associates, LLC, which provides consulting services to firms investing in a wide range of consumer-oriented businesses

• Serves as Director of Alliance Consumer Group since 2024, as well as non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Compensation Committee

• Serves as Director of Bear Down Brands since 2017

• Served as a member of the Board of Darigold as well as Chair of its Audit Committee and Member of its Compensation and Finance and Risk Committees (2017-2024)

• Served as Director of Gehl Foods, LLC as well as Audit Committee Chair (2015-2024)

• Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH), which developed, sold, distributed and marketed over-the-counter drugs, household cleaning products and personal care items (2007-2009)

• Former President of the Dairy Foods Group with ConAgra (2005-2006)

• Held various positions of increasing responsibility in finance, marketing and general management at Kraft Foods (1981-2004) and was named Executive Vice President and General Manager of Kraft Foods’ Coffee Division in 2002

† Previously served as a director of Sterling before the Sterling Merger.

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| WebsterFinancial Corporation |     | ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |

| LAUREN C. STATES                                                         
 Director                                                                 
 Age:68                                                                   
 Director since:2016                                                      
 Former Vice President, Strategy and Transformation at IBM Software Group |     | Current Committees: 
 Audit               
 Risk                
 Technology          |     | Committees pending re-election at Annual Meeting: 
 Audit                                             
 Risk                                              
 Technology                                        |

SELECTED DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience as a former Chief Technology Officer of a public company, with a broad background in technology, strategy and transformation, provides the Board with strong executive and technology experience

• Holds several Cyber