Corporate EVP and Chief Strategy Officer · Ameris Bancorp (ABCB)

James LaHaise

A named executive officer of Ameris Bancorp 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

$1,880,001

FY2024: $1,786,166

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Ameris Bancorp by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 7, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James LaHaise compensation by year

Ameris Bancorp Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ameris Bancorp reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2024FY2025
Salary$260,000$300,000$320,000$364,343$375,000$416,667$439,167$492,500$520,833
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$129,955$149,988$199,993$300,019$297,931$354,584$602,578$607,648$613,132
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$134,339$150,896$232,690$241,583$316,497$396,253$499,024$549,698$604,406
Pension and deferred compensation$44,575$49,682$55,228$61,247$67,423$74,456$110,444$91,171$96,441
All other$24,908$29,134$27,132$27,440$224,174$33,179$27,775$45,149$45,189
Total$593,777$679,700$835,042$994,632$1,281,025$1,275,139$1,678,988$1,786,166$1,880,001

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ameris Bancorp DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-013509, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Ameris Bancorp filed document, accession 0001140361-26-013509. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 7, 2026.

$594K
$680K
$835K
$995K
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$1.9M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU2,958$219,691—
RSU1,656$122,991—

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

Ameris Bancorp’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
H. Palmer Proctor Jr.Chief Executive Officer$6,077,507
Nicole StokesCorporate EVP and Chief Financial Officer$2,033,156
James LaHaise · this pageCorporate EVP and Chief Strategy Officer$1,880,001
Lawton Bassett IIICorporate EVP and Banking Group President$1,741,551
Ross CreasyCorporate EVP and Chief Information Officer$1,570,820

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