Chief Financial Officer · HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP (HWC)

Michael Achary

A named executive officer of HANCOCK WHITNEY in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,453,815

FY2024: $2,316,996

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 17, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Michael Achary compensation by year

HANCOCK WHITNEY Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HANCOCK WHITNEY reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$567,603$593,784$630,137
Bonus—$0$0
Stock awards$641,988$737,922$904,050
Option awards—$0$0
Non-equity incentive$471,559$852,015$769,619
Pension and deferred compensation$153,973$89,240$97,943
All other$43,205$44,035$52,066
Total$1,878,328$2,316,996$2,453,815

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HANCOCK WHITNEY CORP DEF 14A filed March 17, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-109512, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.9M
$2.3M
$2.5M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU22,388$1,425,668—
RSU19,126$1,217,944—
RSU10,360$659,725—
RSU6,375$405,960—
RSU4,975$316,808—
RSU1,781$113,414—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 17, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-24Sale—22,694$76.1844,159.64

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

HANCOCK WHITNEY’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John HairstonPresident and CEO$6,334,741
D. LoperChief Operating Officer$3,426,875
Michael Achary · this pageChief Financial Officer$2,453,815
Christopher ZilucaChief Credit Officer$1,599,098
Michael OteroChief Risk Officer$1,490,308

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