Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
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Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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 — Mr. Zidar joined the Company in 2006 and also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wintrust Wealth Management. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Zidar worked at ABN AMRO/ LaSalle Bank for nine years, most recently as Executive Vice President in the Personal Financial Services group of LaSalle Bank, responsible for five business units. Throughout Mr. Zidar’s tenure with ABN AMRO/ LaSalle Bank, he served as Chairman, President and CEO of ABN AMRO Financial Services; Senior Vice President, Integration Management; Senior Vice President/First Vice President, Acquisitions & Corporate Capital; and Vice President, Profit Enhancement. Previously, Mr. Zidar held positions as an Associate at A.T. Kearney, a management consulting firm, in Chicago, and as a Financial Analyst and Associate at TTG, an investment banking firm, in New York and London. Mr. Zidar serves as a Director of Great Lakes Advisors, Wintrust Investments, Wintrust Private Trust Company, and Chicago Deferred Exchange Company. 33

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION — COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS This Compensation Discussion & Analysis section reviews the compensation program for our five named executive officers (“NEOs”), which include our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and our three other most highly-compensated executive officers as of December 31, 2024. Our 2024 NEOs were:

| ​ | ​ | Named Executive Officer | ​ | ​ | ​ | Title/Role                                           | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Timothy S. Crane        | ​ | ​ | ​ | President and Chief Executive Officer                | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | David A. Dykstra        | ​ | ​ | ​ | Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer            | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Richard B. Murphy       | ​ | ​ | ​ | Vice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer              | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | David L. Stoehr         | ​ | ​ | ​ | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Edward J. Wehmer*       | ​ | ​ | ​ | Founder and Senior Advisor                           | ​ | ​ |

* Because of Mr. Wehmer’s unique compensation arrangements relating to his transition, his compensation is described in a separate section and references to NEOs in this Compensation Discussion & Analysis exclude Mr. Weh