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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Finward Bancorp (FNWD)

Benjamin L. Schmitt

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Benjamin L. Schmitt 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

$289,516

4th 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).

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Benjamin L. Schmitt 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$250,169
Bonus$0
Stock awards$4,690
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$14,120
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$20,537
Total$289,516

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. Open the filing on EDGAR.

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.

Finward Bancorp’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Benjamin J. BochnowskiPresident 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. Schmitt · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$289,516

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