President and Chief Executive Officer · FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC (FISI)

Martin Birmingham

A named executive officer of FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 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

$2,385,669

FY2024: $1,408,963

1st of 5 named executive officers at Financial Institutions by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 6, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Martin Birmingham compensation by year

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$502,692$530,000$560,000$574,603$620,438$656,355$691,578$713,863$734,452$798,244
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$233,923$248,233$251,225$316,155$320,720$364,277$373,097$355,591$362,125$1,017,062
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$246,995$321,882$311,780$275,783$347,540$435,550$406,046$318,638$288,050$487,544
Pension and deferred compensation$49,397$81,576$0$150,918$157,872$21,893$0$61,032$0$57,464
All other$9,543$10,475$12,277$13,898$12,713$12,294$19,956$23,760$24,336$25,355
Total$1,042,550$1,192,166$1,135,282$1,331,357$1,459,283$1,490,369$1,490,677$1,472,884$1,408,963$2,385,669

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC DEF 14A filed April 6, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-143723, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INC filed document, accession 0001193125-26-143723. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 6, 2026.

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Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU56,933$1,774,602—
PSU24,460$762,418—

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

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Martin Birmingham · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,385,669
W. Jack Plants IIExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$964,407
Samuel Burruano Jr.EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$838,074
Kevin QuinnSVP, Chief Commercial Banking Officer$809,462
Laurie CollinsSVP, Chief Human Resources Officer$680,301

Board service

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS pays directors a $37,000 cash retainer and $35,000 in equity. As stated in FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS's FY2025 proxy.

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