Independent Director · WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION (WABC)

Chair, Compensation Committee

Melanie Martella Chiesa director compensation at Westamerica: $44.8K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Melanie Martella Chiesa at WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION. 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 March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$44,600$0$0—$44,751
FY2024$46,050$0$0$0$46,050
FY2022$42,400$0$0—$42,954
FY2021$40,600———$40,848

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001174947-26-000355, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION filed document, accession 0001174947-26-000355. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.

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$44,751 Melanie Martella Chiesa, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 13, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION pays directors a $22,000 cash retainer.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Compensation (Chair) · Loan and Investment Committee · Compliance Committee

The rest of the WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Alisa BelewIndependent Director$42,612
Carter WelchIndependent Director$0
David L. PayneChair of the Board—
Edward B. SylvesterLead Independent Director$56,476
Inez WondehIndependent Director$41,274
Martin CamseyIndependent Director$40,000
Michele HassidIndependent Director$46,650

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