Brendan Coughlin compensation by year
Citizens Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Component | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $625,000 | $625,000 | $625,000 | $691,346 | $700,000 |
| Bonus | $637,500 | $847,500 | $812,500 | $2,925,000 | $1,450,000 |
| Stock awards | $1,181,250 | $1,506,394 | $2,002,526 | $12,877,081 | $2,872,474 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | — |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $8,727 | $0 | $7,252 |
| All other | $0 | $16,775 | $18,150 | $24,581 | $34,700 |
| Total | $2,443,750 | $2,995,669 | $3,466,903 | $16,518,008 | $5,064,426 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Citizens Financial Group, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 9, 2026, accession 0000759944-26-000064, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Citizens Financial Group, Inc. filed document, accession 0000759944-26-000064. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 9, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 217,453 | $12,701,430 | — |
| PSU | 115,975 | $6,774,100 | — |
| PSU | 61,007 | $3,563,419 | — |
| PSU | 38,398 | $2,242,827 | — |
| PSU | 24,379 | $1,423,977 | — |
| PSU | 22,230 | $1,298,454 | — |
| PSU | 18,838 | $1,100,328 | — |
| PSU | 5,657 | $330,425 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Citizens Financial Group, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Change-in-control & termination
estimated payments Citizens Financial discloses, by trigger · FY2023| Trigger | Cash severance | Accelerated equity | Benefits continuation | Total as disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntary resignation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Involuntary termination without cause | $456,731 | $2,193,139 | $1,635 | $2,658,789 |
| Change in control, no termination | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Retirement | $0 | $3,205,599 | $0 | $3,205,599 |
| Change in control and involuntary termination | $3,547,500 | $3,205,599 | $1,635 | $6,762,018 |
| Resignation for good reason, no change in control | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Death | $0 | $3,205,599 | $0 | $3,205,599 |
| Involuntary for cause | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Disability | $0 | $3,205,599 | $0 | $3,205,599 |
Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Citizens Financial Group, Inc.'s FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.
Citizens Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Van Saun | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $12,513,920 |
| Brendan Coughlin · this page | President and Head of Consumer, Private Banking, and Wealth | $5,064,426 |
| Donald H. McCree III | Chair of Commercial Banking | $4,769,182 |
| Aunoy Banerjee | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $4,671,615 |
| Theodore Swimmer | Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking | $4,243,655 |
| John F. Woods | Former Chief Financial Officer | $3,456,414 |
| Christopher Emerson | Former Interim Chief Financial Officer | $1,096,984 |
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