Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP)

Walter Berman

A named executive officer of Ameriprise Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$10,079,583

FY2024: $9,494,210

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Ameriprise Financial by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Walter Berman compensation by year

Ameriprise Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ameriprise Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000$675,000
Bonus$0$0$0$2,673,000$2,452,000$2,436,000—$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,391,000$1,824,000$4,241,000$1,439,000$1,321,000$1,312,000$3,465,000$3,465,000$3,465,000$3,850,000
Option awards$1,070,000$1,069,000$1,414,000$1,234,000$1,132,000$1,125,000$1,035,000$1,035,000$1,035,000$1,150,000
Non-equity incentive$2,243,000$3,770,000$2,879,000$2,641,000$2,624,000$3,325,000$3,088,000$3,230,000$3,325,000$3,200,000
Pension and deferred compensation$555,663$571,114$651,169$810,113$845,826$647,005$342,506$875,241$794,950$1,018,877
All other$182,977$259,976$212,453$170,468$150,548$185,302$177,393$183,298$199,260$185,706
Total$6,117,640$8,169,090$10,072,622$9,642,581$9,200,374$9,705,307$8,782,899$9,463,539$9,494,210$10,079,583

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ameriprise Financial, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-032725, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Ameriprise Financial, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-032725. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 20, 2026.

$6.1M
$8.2M
$10.1M
$9.6M
$9.2M
$9.7M
$8.8M
$9.5M
$9.5M
$10.1M
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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU6,532$3,202,901—
PSU5,748$2,818,474—
PSU4,601$2,256,054—
RSU2,484$1,218,005—
RSU2,070$1,015,004—
RSU1,177$577,130—
Option6,113—$391.40
Option3,456—$344.45
Option6,991—$543.36

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

Ameriprise Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James CracchioloChairman and Chief Executive Officer$30,828,468
Walter Berman · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$10,079,583
William TruscottChief Executive Officer, Global Asset Management$8,789,211
Joseph SweeneyPresident, Advice & Wealth Management Products and Service Delivery$6,655,933
William DaviesExecutive Vice President Global Chief Investment Officer$4,318,739

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