Synovus Financial CEO Kessel Stelling's 2019 pay slips 12% to $5.2M
Synovus Financial reports 2019 executive compensation
By ExecPay News
Published: March 11, 2020
Synovus Financial reported fiscal year 2019 executive compensation information on March 11, 2020.
In 2019, six executives at Synovus Financial received on average a compensation package of $2.1M, a 14% decrease compared to previous year.
Kessel D. Stelling, Chief Executive Officer, received $5.2M in total, which decreased by 12% compared to 2018. 49% of Stelling's compensation, or $2.6M, was in stock awards. Stelling also received $1.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.1M in salary, as well as $457K in other compensation.
For fiscal year 2019, the median employee pay was $65,896 at Synovus Financial. Therefore, the ratio of Kessel D. Stelling's pay to the median employee pay was 79 to one.
Kevin S. Blair, Chief Operating Officer, received a compensation package of $2.9M, which increased by 31% compared to previous year. 62% of the compensation package, or $1.8M, was in stock awards.
Kevin J. Howard, Executive Vice President and Chief Wholesale Banking Officer, earned $1.2M in 2019.
Andrew J. Gregory, Jr, Chief Financial Officer, received $1.2M in 2019.
Mark G. Holladay, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, earned $1.1M in 2019, a 6% decrease compared to previous year.
Robert W. Derrick, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, received $757K in 2019.
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