Lead Independent Director · EAST WEST BANCORP INC (EWBC)

Chair, Audit Committee

Lester M. Sussman director compensation at East West (FY2025): $335K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Lester M. Sussman at EAST WEST BANCORP INC. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed April 8, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

EAST WEST BANCORP Director Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as EAST WEST BANCORP reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$201,320$133,680——$335,000
FY2024$201,268$133,732—$0$335,000
FY2023$155,032$129,968$0$0$285,000
FY2022$170,011$129,989——$300,000
FY2021$134,073$109,927——$244,000

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: EAST WEST BANCORP INC DEF 14A filed April 8, 2026, accession 0002077096-26-000050, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the EAST WEST BANCORP INC filed document, accession 0002077096-26-000050. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 8, 2026.

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$335,000 Lester M. Sussman, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of April 8, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

EAST WEST BANCORP pays directors a $133,750 cash retainer and $133,750 in equity.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit (Chair) · Compensation · Executive · Risk

The rest of the EAST WEST BANCORP board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Archana DeskusIndependent Director$267,500
Jack C. LiuIndependent Director$295,000
Manuel P. AlvarezIndependent Director$267,500
Mark HutchinsIndependent Director$295,000
Molly CampbellIndependent Director$267,500
Paul H. IrvingIndependent Director$290,000
Peter BabejIndependent Director$133,750
Sabrina KayIndependent Director$267,500
Serge DumontIndependent Director$267,500

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