President and Chief Banking Officer · Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG)

Matthew McNeill

A named executive officer of Bankwell Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$930,973

FY2024: $819,998

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

Matthew McNeill compensation by year

Bankwell Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Bankwell Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$450,000$500,000
Bonus$90,000$0
Stock awards$259,746$188,517
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$234,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$20,252$8,456
Total$819,998$930,973

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0001505732-26-000064, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$820K
$931K
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU15,000$687,300—
RSU3,589$164,448—
PSU3,589$164,448—
RSU1,865$85,454—
PSU1,864$85,408—

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

Bankwell Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Christopher GrusekeChief Executive Officer$1,336,526
Matthew McNeill · this pagePresident and Chief Banking Officer$930,973
Ryan HildebrandExecutive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer$655,651

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How this record is built

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