Former CEO · BayFirst Financial Corp. (BAFN)

Thomas Zernick

A named executive officer of BayFirst Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$428,085

FY2024: $533,374

1st of 3 named executive officers at BayFirst Financial by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed August 19, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Thomas Zernick compensation by year

BayFirst Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BayFirst Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$153,333$240,292$291,042$300,015$320,026$345,026$358,827
Bonus$102,500$73,013$210,028$25,000$188,800$123,338$0
Stock awards$0$24,340$0$42,900$73,200$35,100$47,790
Option awards$23,825$20,871$20,811$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$31,192$37,046$39,720$30,712$32,560$29,909$21,468
Total$310,850$395,562$561,601$398,627$614,586$533,374$428,085

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BayFirst Financial Corp. DEF 14A filed August 19, 2026, accession 0001649739-26-000069, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the BayFirst Financial Corp. filed document, accession 0001649739-26-000069. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed August 19, 2026.

$311K
$396K
$562K
$399K
$615K
$533K
$428K
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FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU3,000$47,790—

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

BayFirst Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Thomas Zernick · this pageFormer CEO$428,085
Robin OliverCOO$394,787
Scott McKimEVP and CFO$346,385

Board service

BayFirst Financial board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: BayFirst Financial pays directors a $0 cash retainer and $0 in equity. As stated in BayFirst Financial's FY2025 proxy.

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