Bruce Van Saun is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG). The company reported total compensation of $12,513,920 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $1,487,000 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $2,840,750 |
| Stock awards | $8,045,370 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | — |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $140,800 |
| Total | $12,513,920 |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.
Cited to the compensation disclosure Citizens Financial Group, Inc. filed March 9, 2026, accession 0000759944-26-000064.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,487,000 | $2,840,750 | $8,045,370 | $0 | — | $0 | $140,800 | $12,513,920 |
| FY2024 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,487,000 | $2,590,750 | $6,392,986 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $160,060 | $10,630,796 |
| FY2023 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $1,487,000 | $2,097,000 | $7,345,937 | $0 | — | $0 | $145,334 | $11,075,271 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Citizens Financial Group, Inc..
| Peer-group chief executive median | $12,015,250 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $498,670 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 67th |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 9 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Citizens Financial Group, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Van Saun this page | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $12,513,920 |
| Brendan Coughlin | 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 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Citizens Financial Group, Inc. compensation brief.
Bruce Van Saun's compensation sits inside Citizens Financial Group, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.