Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 46

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 46
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, phosphate, and potash mining company, as a senior financial analyst with primary responsibilities for financial accounting and reporting. From February 1996 to July 1997, Mr. Hahnfeld was a senior internal auditor at The Interlake Corporation. He began his career in 1993 with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their Chicago audit practice. Mr. Hahnfeld is a Certified Public Accountant. David E. Lee (66) — Executive Vice President and Senior Market Head of Wintrust Banks — In February 2023, Mr. Lee was appointed Executive Vice President and Senior Market Head of Wintrust Banks, where he oversees Wintrust’s subsidiary banks and is responsible for commercial banking and retail banking and co-manages the private client group. From 2017 until February 2023, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Lake Forest Bank and as a Regional Market Head. From February 2012 until February 2017, he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Lake Forest Bank. In October 2010, he was appointed 32 TABLE OF CONTENTS President of Lake Forest Bank, after serving as the President of Northbrook Bank since he joined the Company in 2009. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lee was Senior Vice President at JPMorgan Chase, where he held various positions during his 23 years with JPMorgan Chase and certain of its predecessor corporations, including Bank One, First Chicago NBD, and American National Bank. Mr. Lee currently serves as Chairman of Lake Forest Bank. He also serves on the board of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Richard B. Murphy (65) — Vice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer — In February 2020, Mr. Murphy became Vice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer, after previously holding the title of Chief Credit Officer since January 2002. He is responsible for coordinating all the credit functions of the Company as well as its mortgage banking business. Mr. Murphy served as the President of Hinsdale Bank from 1996 until December of 2005. From 1993 until his promotion to President of Hinsdale Bank, Mr. Murphy served as the Executive Vice President and Senior Lender of Hinsdale Bank. Prior to his association with the Company, Mr. Murphy served as President of the First State Bank of Calumet City. Mr. Murphy is on the Board of the Big Shoulders Fund, the Keystone Board of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and the Advisory Board of After School Matters. Mr. Murphy is