Former Executive Chairman of FFI and FFA · First Foundation Inc. (FFWM)

Ulrich Keller

A named executive officer of First Foundation in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 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

$885,449

FY2023: $657,000

4th of 7 named executive officers at First Foundation by FY2024 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Ulrich Keller compensation by year

First Foundation Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as First Foundation reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$600,000$600,000$600,000$885,449
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$35,000$38,000$24,000$0
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$315,000$349,600$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$31,000$33,000$33,000$0
Total$981,000$1,020,600$657,000$885,449

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: First Foundation Inc. DEF 14A filed April 17, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-036041, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the First Foundation Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-25-036041. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2025.

$981K
$1.0M
$657K
$885K
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU1,709$10,613—

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

First Foundation’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Thomas ShaferChief Executive Officer of FFI and FFB$4,013,755
Scott KavanaughFormer Chief Executive Officer of FFI and FFB and Former President and Chairman of FFB$1,259,812
John HakopianPresident of FFA$1,079,000
Ulrich Keller · this pageFormer Executive Chairman of FFI and FFA$885,449
Christopher NaghibiExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of FFB$744,750
James BrittonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FFI and FFB$650,000
Simone LagomarsinoPresident of FFI and FFB$483,843

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