Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer · WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP (WTFC)

David Dykstra

A named executive officer of WINTRUST FINANCIAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. 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

$2,928,874

FY2024: $2,695,450

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Wintrust Financial by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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David Dykstra compensation by year

WINTRUST FINANCIAL Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WINTRUST FINANCIAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$770,000$788,308$799,115$809,077$810,000$819,039$829,000$847,923$878,442$897,909
Bonus$600,000$660,000$661,500$550,000$1,054,050$1,210,160$800,000$625,000$705,000$869,400
Stock awards$144,375$288,750$296,250$300,000$344,250$688,500$1,025,000$1,348,750$1,062,500$1,102,344
Option awards$144,375$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$253,125$270,750$381,150$395,588$0$0$395,887$0$0—
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$32,783$35,162$35,895$39,131$42,720$45,646$48,168$38,393$49,508$59,221
Total$1,944,658$2,042,970$2,173,910$2,093,796$2,251,020$2,763,345$3,098,055$2,860,066$2,695,450$2,928,874

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP DEF 14A filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-041498, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP filed document, accession 0001104659-26-041498. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2026.

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SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU9,414$1,316,265—
PSU6,444$901,000—
RSU6,007$839,899—
PSU4,950$692,109—
RSU4,296$600,667—
RSU3,300$461,406—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 9, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-20Grant or award—153$152.61166,602
2026-08-13Sale—13,515$162.77166,449
2026-05-28Grant or award—154$150.69179,964
2026-04-27Sale—9,579$148.82179,810

The 4 most recent of 4 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 →

WINTRUST FINANCIAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Timothy CranePresident and Chief Executive Officer$7,037,919
Edward WehmerFounder, Senior Advisor, and Chairman Emeritus$4,490,514
David Dykstra · this pageVice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer$2,928,874
Richard MurphyVice Chairman and Chief Lending Officer$2,273,810
David StoehrExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,840,681

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