People: Wintrust Financial Corp (WTFC.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Peter Crist	60	2008	Independent Chairman of the Board
Edward Wehmer	58	1998	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
David Stoehr	52	2002	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
David Dykstra	51	2011	Chief Operating Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer
Leona Gleason	62	2010	Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Lisa Pattis	45	2011	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
James Bishop	68	2006	Executive Vice President - Regional Market Head
Lloyd Bowden	58		Executive Vice President - Technology; President of Wintrust Information Technology Services
Frank Burke	63	1997	Executive Vice President and Regional Market Head
Timothy Crane	50	2008	Executive Vice President and Regional Market Head
John Fleshood	49	2005	Executive Vice President - Risk Management
David Larson	49	2010	Executive Vice President and Regional Market Head
Richard Murphy	52	2002	Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
Thomas Zidar	43	2006	Executive Vice President, Market Head - Wealth Management Services
Bruce Crowther	60	1998	Independent Director
Joseph Damico	58	2005	Independent Director
Bert Getz	44	2001	Independent Director
H. Patrick Hackett	60	2008	Independent Director
Scott Heitmann	63	2008	Independent Director
Charles James	53	2008	Independent Director
Albin Moschner	59	1996	Independent Director
Thomas Neis	63	1999	Independent Director
Christopher Perry	56	2009	Independent Director
Ingrid Stafford	58	1998	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Peter Crist	Mr. Peter D. Crist serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of Wintrust Financial Corp. He is the Director since 1996. Mr. Crist has served as the Company’s Chairman since 2008. Mr. Crist founded Crist Kolder Associates, an executive recruitment firm which focuses on chief executive officer and director searches, in 2003 and has served since inception as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From December 1999 to January 2003, Mr. Crist served as Vice Chairman of Korn/Ferry International (NYSE), the executive search firm in the world. Previously, he was President of Crist Partners, Ltd., an executive search firm he founded in 1995 and sold to Korn/Ferry International in 1999. Immediately prior thereto he was Co-Head of North America and the Managing Director of the Chicago office of Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc., the executive search firm in the Midwest, where he was employed for more than 18 years. He also serves as a director and chairman of the compensation committee of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and as a director of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Mr. Crist is a Director of Hinsdale Bank.
Edward Wehmer	Mr. Edward J. Wehmer is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 1996. Mr. Wehmer, a founder of the Company, has served since May 1998 as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to May 1998, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since its formation in 1996. He served as the President of Lake Forest Bank from 1991 to 1998. He serves as an Advisory Director of each of the Company’s main operating subsidiaries. Mr. Wehmer is a certified public accountant and earlier in his career spent seven years with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP specializing in the banking field and particularly in the area of bank mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Wehmer serves on the board of directors of Stepan Company (NYSE), a chemical manufacturing and distribution company. He also serves as a director of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital and the Catholic Extension Society, on the audit committee of Northwestern Memorial Health Care, as a trustee for Children’s Memorial Hospital and Foundation, as a member of the advisory board of the Farmer School of Business of Miami University, and on the Finance Board and the School Board of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
David Stoehr	Mr. David L. Stoehr is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Wintrust Financial Corp. Mr. Stoehr joined the Company in January 2002 and manages all financial and accounting affairs of the Company, including internal and external financial reporting. Previously, Mr. Stoehr was Senior Vice President/Reporting & Analysis at Firstar/U.S. Bancorp, Director of Finance/Controller of Associated Banc-Corp with primary responsibility for financial accounting and reporting, business unit financial management and data warehouse design and implementation. Prior to his association with Associated Banc-Corp, Mr. Stoehr was Assistant Vice President/Balance Sheet Management at Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, from 1993 to 1995 and Financial Reporting Officer at Valley Bancorporation, Appleton, Wisconsin, from 1983 to 1993. Mr. Stoehr is a Director of Beverly Bank, Old Plank Trail Community Bank and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
David Dykstra	Mr. David A. Dykstra has served as Chief Operating Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, Treasurer of Wintrust Financial Corp. Mr. Dykstra joined the Company in 1995 and currently serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer overseeing all treasury, financial, audit, compliance and human resources affairs of the Company. Prior to 2002, Mr. Dykstra served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Since January 2006, Mr. Dykstra also serves as a Regional Market Head overseeing Crystal Lake Bank, State Bank of the Lakes and Town Bank. Prior thereto, Mr. Dykstra was employed from 1990 to 1995 by River Forest Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, most recently holding the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his association with River Forest Bancorp, Mr. Dykstra spent seven years with KPMG LLP, most recently holding the position of Audit Manager in the banking practice. Mr. Dykstra is a Director of Crystal Lake Bank, First Insurance Funding, Old Plank Trail Community Bank, State Bank of the Lakes, Town Bank, Tricom and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Leona Gleason	Ms. Leona A. Gleason has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer of Wintrust Financial Corp. Ms. Gleason joined the Company in January 2010 and oversees certain administrative affairs of the Company including Human Resources, Operations, Compliance, Community Reinvestment Act, Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering. From 1996 to 2009, Ms. Gleason was Executive Vice President at FBOP Corporation, a $19 billion privately held bank holding company. She had primary responsibility for Human Resources, Training, Compliance, Community Reinvestment Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Risk Management, Operations and Information Technology. Ms. Gleason also served as an executive officer of certain subsidiaries of FBOP Corporation, which subsidiaries were taken into receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) on October 30, 2009. Prior to her association with FBOP, from 1977 to 1996, Ms. Gleason was Senior Vice President at Corus Bankshares, Inc. where she managed Retail Banking, Operations, Information Technology, Compliance and Human Resources and from 1972 to 1977 was Vice President at Boulevard Bank. Ms. Gleason is a Director of Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Lisa Pattis	Ms. Lisa J. Pattis is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Wintrust Financial Corp. Ms. Pattis joined the Company in September 2011 and manages all legal affairs of the Company, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, litigation, legal compliance as well as assisting bank and non-bank subsidiaries with legal matters. Prior to joining Wintrust, Ms. Pattis spent more than 16 years with Sidley Austin LLP, with a practice focused on corporate governance and securities matters. As a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, Ms. Pattis served Wintrust as its corporate and securities counsel since 2005. Ms. Pattis is a director of Wintrust Information Technology Services.
James Bishop	Mr. James H. Bishop is the Executive Vice President - Regional Market Head of Wintrust Financial Corp., Since January 2006. Mr. Bishop has served as a Regional Market Head overseeing Schaumburg Bank, Barrington Bank and Village Bank. Mr. Bishop originally joined the Company in 1996 and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Barrington Bank until February 2003. Prior to his association with the Company, Mr. Bishop served as a Senior Vice President of First Chicago/NBD and was a Regional Manager for that organization’s suburban locations in the North and Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Mr. Bishop is a Director of Schaumburg Bank, Barrington Bank, Village Bank, and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Lloyd Bowden	Mr. Lloyd M. Bowden serves as Executive Vice President - Technology of Wintrust Financial Corp and as President of Wintrust Information Technology Services., the subsidiary of the Company. He is responsible for overall technology oversight for Wintrust as well as for planning, implementing and maintaining all aspects of the subsidiary banks’ internal data processing systems and technology designed to service the subsidiary banks’ customer base. Mr. Bowden joined the Company in April 1996 to serve as the Director of Technology with responsibility for implementing technological improvements to enhance customer service capabilities. Prior thereto, he was employed by Electronic Data Systems, Inc. in various capacities since 1982, most recently in an executive management position with the Banking Services Division and previously in the Banking Group of the Management Consulting Division. Mr. Bowden is a Director of Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Frank Burke	Mr. Frank J. Burke serves as Executive Vice President and Regional Market Head of Wintrust Financial Corp., since May 1997. Mr. Burke has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of First Insurance Funding, and since July 2008 he is the Regional Market Head overseeing Tricom. From February 1990 until May 1997 Mr. Burke served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing of First Insurance Funding. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Burke was an executive at Whirlpool Financial Corporation, AI Credit Corporation and Humana, Inc. From 1970 until 1984, Mr. Burke was employed by Borg Warner Financial Services in various capacities, most recently as Division Manager of its premium finance company. Mr. Burke is a Director of First Insurance Funding, Tricom and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Timothy Crane	Mr. Timothy S. Crane is Executive Vice President and Regional Market Head of Wintrust Financial Corp. Mr. Crane joined the Company in August 2008 and is the Regional Market Head overseeing Lake Forest Bank, Northbrook Bank, North Shore Community Bank and St. Charles Bank. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Crane served as President and Head of Retail Banking of Harris Bank in Chicago where he was employed for 24 years. Mr. Crane is a director of Lake Forest Bank, Northbrook Bank, North Shore Community Bank, St. Charles Bank and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
John Fleshood	Mr. John S. Fleshood is Executive Vice President - Risk Management of Wintrust Financial Corp. Mr. Fleshood joined the Company in August 2005 and manages the enterprise risk management process for the Company including audit, business continuity and information security functions. Between January 2006 and December 2009, Mr. Fleshood served as a Regional Market Head overseeing St. Charles Bank. Previously, Mr. Fleshood served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Chicago affiliate of Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation, a commercial bank offering a full range of banking services to consumer, business and financial customers, from July 2001 to August 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Fleshood served as Vice President and Manager of the Treasury Division of Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Fleshood is a Director of Wintrust Information Technology Services.
David Larson	Mr. David L. Larson serves as Executive Vice President and Regional Market Head of Wintrust Financial Corp. Mr. Larson joined the Company in April 2010 and oversees the Purchased Asset Division of the Company. He also serves as a Regional Market Head overseeing Wheaton Bank and Old Plank Trail Community Bank. Mr. Larson was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wheatland Bank from December 2009 to April 2010, when it was taken into receivership by the FDIC and acquired by the Company. From 1995 until 2009, Mr. Larson served in various executive positions at Chicago subsidiaries of FBOP Corporation, a $19 billion privately held bank holding company. Mr. Larson was the Chief Credit Officer of FBOP subsidiary Park National Bank, a $5 billion community bank, which was taken into receivership by the FDIC on October 30, 2009. Prior to his association with FBOP, Mr. Larson served in various commercial banking positions at American National Bank from 1987 to 1995. Mr. Larson is a director of Wheaton Bank, Old Plank Trail Community Bank and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Richard Murphy	Mr. Richard B. Murphy has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Wintrust Financial Corp since January 2002. Mr. Murphy has served as the Company’s Chief Credit Officer and is responsible for coordinating all the credit functions of the Company. Mr. Murphy serves as Regional Market Head overseeing Hinsdale Bank. 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 a Director of Hinsdale Bank and Wintrust Information Technology Services.
Thomas Zidar	Mr. Thomas P. Zidar is the Executive Vice President, Market Head - Wealth Management Services of Wintrust Financial Corporation. 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 Information Technology Services, Wayne Hummer Investments and The Chicago Trust Company.
Bruce Crowther	Mr. Bruce K. Crowther is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 1998. Mr. Crowther has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Community Healthcare, Northwest Community Hospital and certain of its affiliates since January 1992. Prior to that time he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 1989 to 1991. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Crowther is the past Chairman of the board of directors of the Illinois Hospital Association as well as a member of the board of directors of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation. Mr. Crowther is a Director of Barrington Bank.
Joseph Damico	Mr. Joseph F. Damico is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 2005. Mr. Damico is a founding partner and Co-Chairman of RoundTable Healthcare Partners, an operating-oriented private equity firm focused on the healthcare industry. Mr. Damico has more than 30 years of healthcare industry operating experience, previously as Executive Vice President of Cardinal Health, Inc. and President & Chief Operating Officer of Allegiance Corporation. Mr. Damico also held senior management positions at Baxter International Inc. and American Hospital Supply and serves as a Director of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and James Madison University. Mr. Damico is an advisory Director of Libertyville Bank.
Bert Getz	Mr. Bert A. Getz, Jr., is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 2001. Mr. Getz joined Globe Corporation in 1991 and serves as Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer. He is also President of Globe Development Corporation (a wholly-owned real estate development subsidiary of Globe Corporation), an Officer and Director of Globe Management Company, and Chairman of the Investment Committee for Globe Investment Company, LP. Additionally, Mr. Getz is a Director of the Globe Foundation, the National Historical Fire Foundation and Children’s Memorial Hospital, and is a Trustee of the Chicago Zoological Society at Brookfield Zoo, The Lawrenceville School and North Shore Country Day School. Mr. Getz serves as a Director of Great Lakes Advisors, Libertyville Bank, Wayne Hummer Investments and The Chicago Trust Company.
H. Patrick Hackett	Mr. H. Patrick Hackett, Jr., is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 2008. Mr. Hackett is the Principal of HHS Co., a real estate development and management company located in the Chicago area. Previously, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of RREEF Capital, Inc. and as Principal of The RREEF Funds, an international commercial real estate investment management firm. Mr. Hackett taught real estate finance at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management for 15 years when he also served on the real estate advisory boards of Kellogg and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves on the board of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE) and is a director of North Shore Bank.
Scott Heitmann	Mr. Scott K. Heitmann is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 2008. Mr. Heitmann, retired for the past seven years, has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, including his service as Vice Chairman of LaSalle Bank Corporation and President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Federal Bank from 1997 to 2005. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of LaSalle Community Bank Group and LaSalle Bank FSB from 1988 to 1996. Mr. Heitmann currently serves as an Advisory Director of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Illinois. Mr. Heitmann has previously served as a director of LaSalle Bank Corporation, Standard Federal Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. Mr. Heitmann is a Director of Great Lakes Advisors, North Shore Bank, Wayne Hummer Investments and The Chicago Trust Company.
Charles James	Mr. Charles H. James, III, is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 2008. Mr. James is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C.H. James & Co., an investment holding company with interests in wholesale food distribution businesses, and is Managing Owner of C.H. James Restaurant Holdings LLC, which owns quick service restaurants. From 2001 to 2003 Mr. James served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PrimeSource Foodservice Equipment, Inc., a food service equipment and supplies distributor that specializes in servicing quick service restaurant chains and multi-unit operators. Mr. James also serves on the board of directors of Summit Housing Partners, Morehouse College, and the Children’s Memorial Hospital. Mr. James is a Director of Lake Forest Bank.
Albin Moschner	Mr. Albin F. Moschner is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 1996. Mr. Moschner is currently a consultant in the wireless industry and recently retired from the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Leap Wireless. He joined Leap Wireless in 2004 as the Chief Marketing Officer. In the eight years prior to joining Leap Wireless, Mr. Moschner held executive positions in both early stage and corporate, internet and telecommunications companies as President of Verizon Card Services, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Point Services and Vice-Chairman of Diba, Inc. Mr. Moschner also served as Director, Chief Operating Officer and President and Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Electronics, Glenview, Illinois, from 1991 to 1996. Mr. Moschner serves on the Board of Directors of USA Technologies (NASDAQ).
Thomas Neis	Mr. Thomas J. Neis is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 1999. Mr. Neis is the owner of Neis Insurance Agency, Inc., QR Insurance Agency and Pachini Insurance Agency and is an independent insurance agent with these companies. Mr. Neis also owns Parr Insurance Brokerage Inc., marketing insurance products to insurance agencies. Through QR Insurance Agency, he provides insurance consulting for banking and financial institutions. Mr. Neis is a member of the Board of Trustees of Illinois Wesleyan University, where he serves on its Audit, Investment and Business Affairs committees. In addition, Mr. Neis is a member of the university’s national alumni board and served as past president of the university’s Chicago Alumni Board. He also founded and chaired the Crystal Lake Sister City organization with Holtzgerlingen, Germany and has been active in several other charitable and fraternal organizations. Mr. Neis is a Director of Crystal Lake Bank.
Christopher Perry	Mr. Christopher J. Perry is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. He serves as Director since 2009. Mr. Perry is currently a partner at CIVC Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm which he joined in 1994 after Continental Bank’s Mezzanine Investments and Structured Finance groups. Prior to joining Continental in 1985, he served as a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of the Northern Trust Company. He has been in the financial services industry for the past 25 years. During his time at CIVC Partners, he has served on the boards of over a dozen public and private companies. He serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees for Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and serves on the Executive Committee of Loyola Academy. Mr. Perry previously served as a director of Wintrust from 2001 to 2002. An affiliate of CIVC Partners LLC owns all of Wintrust’s 8.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, as described under “Related Party Transactions.”
Ingrid Stafford	Ms. Ingrid S. Stafford is an Independent Director of Wintrust Financial Corp. She serves as Director since 1998. Ms. Stafford has held various positions since 1977 with Northwestern University, where she is currently Associate Vice President for Financial Operations and Treasurer. Ms. Stafford recently concluded a four-year term as a trustee of the Board of Pensions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, where she served on its Executive, Finance and Nominating Committees and is Chair of its Audit Committee. She also serves on the investment committee of Wittenberg University and the investment and audit committees of the Evanston Community Foundation. She is an emeritus director of Wittenberg University where she served from 1993 to 2006, including serving as Board Chair from 2001-2005. Ms. Stafford is a Director of North Shore Bank.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Peter Crist	--
Edward Wehmer	2,580,570
David Stoehr	674,056
David Dykstra	1,764,240
Leona Gleason	901,801
Lisa Pattis	703,520
James Bishop	--
Lloyd Bowden	203,501
Frank Burke	--
Timothy Crane	--
John Fleshood	306,377
David Larson	--
Richard Murphy	1,047,220
Thomas Zidar	--
Bruce Crowther	--
Joseph Damico	--
Bert Getz	--
H. Patrick Hackett	--
Scott Heitmann	--
Charles James	--
Albin Moschner	--
Thomas Neis	--
Christopher Perry	--
Ingrid Stafford	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Peter Crist	0	0
Edward Wehmer	304,000	9,552,787
David Stoehr	23,750	712,895
David Dykstra	161,039	3,312,395
Leona Gleason	0	0
Lisa Pattis	0	0
James Bishop	0	0
Lloyd Bowden	50,001	506,787
Frank Burke	0	0
Timothy Crane	0	0
John Fleshood	20,000	86,000
David Larson	0	0
Richard Murphy	79,099	1,779,873
Thomas Zidar	0	0
Bruce Crowther	0	0
Joseph Damico	0	0
Bert Getz	0	0
H. Patrick Hackett	0	0
Scott Heitmann	0	0
Charles James	0	0
Albin Moschner	0	0
Thomas Neis	0	0
Christopher Perry	0	0
Ingrid Stafford	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
LARSON DAVID L	339	$36.01
MURPHY RICHARD B	1,500	$35.87
NEIS THOMAS J	35	$36.70
MOSCHNER ALBIN F	10	$36.70
STAFFORD INGRID S	342	$36.70
TALTON SHEILA G	255	$36.70
CRIST PETER D	1,262	$36.70
CROWTHER BRUCE K	564	$36.70
GETZ BERT A JR	419	$36.70
HEITMANN SCOTT K	247	$36.70
HACKETT H PATRICK JR	11	$36.70
DAMICO JOSEPH F	579	$36.70
JAMES CHARLES H III	511	$36.70
LARSON DAVID L	4	$37.00
DYKSTRA DAVID A	7,068	$36.91
BURKE FRANK J	1,591	$37.09
STOEHR DAVID L	1,669	$37.08
WEHMER EDWARD JOSEPH	10,528	$36.86
CRANE TIMOTHY S	578	$37.63
BISHOP JAMES H	81	$37.63
GLEASON LEONA A	596	$37.63
BOWDEN LLOYD M	295	$37.63
REATEGUI-PATTIS LISA J	188	$37.63
LARSON DAVID L	295	$37.63
MURPHY RICHARD B	1,474	$37.63

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