Company: WBS-PG
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000801337-25-000015
Chunk: 38

Company: WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 38
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 She also serves as a director and member of the Board and Finance Committee for Connecticut Community Care. |
| JAVIER L. EVANS               
 Chief Human Resources Officer |     | Mr. Evans, age 63, serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Webster and Webster Bank. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Business Operations and Services Officer for Sterling and Sterling National Bank from 2021 until the completion of the merger of Webster and Sterling in January 2022, and as Chief Human Resources Officer of Sterling and Sterling National Bank from 2017 to 2021. Mr. Evans joined Sterling National Bank in conjunction with the 2017 merger of Sterling National Bank with Astoria Bank, where Mr. Evans served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources.                                                                                                                                                             |
| JAMES GRIFFIN                 
 Head of Consumer Banking      |     | Mr. Griffin, age 48, serves as Head of Consumer Banking at Webster Bank since 2022. He is responsible for Webster Bank’s consumer banking strategy, consumer network, digital banking, Brio Direct, residential lending, business banking and consumer products. Mr. Griffin previously served as Executive Managing Director, Head of Consumer & Business Banking at Sterling National Bank from 2020 to 2022. Prior to joining Sterling, he served as Director of Branch Banking for Astoria Bank, where he held various leadership positions including Director of Strategy and Planning for the Retail Banking Group. Mr. Griffin is a member of the Long Island Advisory Board for Junior Achievement.                                                                        |
| BENJAMIN KRYNICK              
 Head of Bank Operations       |     | Mr. Krynick, age 40, serves as the Head of Bank Operations since January 2024. In his role, Mr. Krynick is responsible for managing all bank operations for Commercial and Consumer Banking, including loan, deposit and payment operations and the Client Contact Centers. Prior to this role, he served as Senior Managing Director, Corporate Strategy and in other roles in Corporate Strategy since 2015, and was responsible for facilitating long-range planning, organizational design, performance and accountability, corporate development activities and various large scale strategic and technology projects throughout the enterprise.                                                                                                                              |

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#### WebsterFinancial CorporationEXECUTIVE OFFICERS
| VIKRAM NAFDE                           
 Chief Information Officer              |     | Mr. Nafde, age 49, serves as Chief Information Officer of Webster Bank. He is responsible for the strategy and execution of all of Webster’s technology