President and Chief Executive Officer · Columbia Financial, Inc. (CLBK)

Thomas Kemly

A named executive officer of Columbia Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2024. 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, FY2024

$2,759,021

FY2023: $3,695,655

1st of 5 named executive officers at Columbia Financial by FY2024 total.

5 named officers on file for Columbia Financial, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 25, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Thomas Kemly compensation by year

Columbia Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Columbia Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$859,850$878,064$900,005
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$622,776$683,840
Option awards$0$207,659$227,840
Non-equity incentive$637,181$191,634$302,485
Pension and deferred compensation$0$1,672,739$564,078
All other$165,618$122,783$80,773
Total$1,662,649$3,695,655$2,759,021

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Columbia Financial, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 25, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-039386, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Columbia Financial, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-25-039386. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 25, 2025.

$1.7M
$3.7M
$2.8M
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU41,470$655,641—
PSU39,070$617,697—
RSU13,823$218,542—
RSU8,682$137,262—
Option37,168—$16.49
Option25,263—$15.94

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Columbia Financial, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

39 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed April 25, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-24Grant or award—170.74$10.88153,487.74
2026-07-20Purchase—40,000$10.00588,391
2026-07-20Purchase—13,057$10.00103,138
2026-07-10Grant or award—87.42$21.2569,689.42
2026-06-26Grant or award—89.06$20.8669,602
2026-06-12Grant or award—89.74$20.7069,512.94
2026-05-29Grant or award—92.28$20.1369,423.2
2026-05-15Grant or award—94.93$19.5769,330.92

The 8 most recent of 39 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 →

Columbia Financial’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Thomas Kemly · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,759,021
E. Thomas AllenSEVP, Chief Operating Officer$1,254,850
Dennis GibneySEVP, Chief Financial Officer$882,556
Allyson SchlesingerSEVP, Head of Consumer Banking$860,392
John KlimowichSEVP, Chief Risk Officer$857,637

Board service

Columbia Financial board · FY2023–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: Columbia Financial pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $50,000 in RSUs. As stated in Columbia Financial's FY2024 proxy.

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