President and Chief Executive Officer · Finward Bancorp (FNWD)

Benjamin J. Bochnowski

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Benjamin J. Bochnowski as a named executive officer of Finward Bancorp; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$480,686

1st of 4 named executive officers at Finward Bancorp by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for Finward Bancorp, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 3, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Benjamin J. Bochnowski compensation by year

Finward Bancorp Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Finward Bancorp reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$416,146
Bonus$0
Stock awards$0
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$32,868
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$31,672
Total$480,686

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Finward Bancorp DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-142083, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Finward Bancorp filed document, accession 0001193125-26-142083. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 3, 2026.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 3, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-25Purchase—5.16$43.481,873.51
2026-06-30Purchase—6.21$36.001,868.36

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Finward Bancorp’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Benjamin J. Bochnowski · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$480,686
Todd M. ScheubExecutive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer; President of Peoples Bank$372,237
Robert T. LowryExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$326,795
Benjamin L. SchmittExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$289,516

Board service

Finward Bancorp board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Finward Bancorp pays directors a $28,500 cash retainer and $11,000 in RSUs. As stated in Finward Bancorp's FY2023 proxy.

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