Citizens Financial Group (CFG) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $12.5M in 2025, up 18% from $10.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 155:1, on median employee pay of $80,559.

Filed
March 9, 2026
Annual meeting
April 23, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$12.5M+18% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
155:1median $80,559
CEO pay in equity
64%$8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
59%of votes cast
Diluted EPS
$3.862025 financial performance
ROTCE
11.20%2025 financial performance
Assets
$226.4BAs of December 31, 2025

How Saun was paid

$12.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary12%Bonus23%Stock awards64%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Bruce Van SaunChairman and Chief Executive Officer$12,513,920
Aunoy BanerjeeExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$4,671,615
Brendan CoughlinPresident, Head of Consumer, Private Banking and Wealth$5,064,426
Donald H. McCree IIIChair of Commercial Banking$4,769,182
Theodore SwimmerExecutive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking$4,243,655
John F. WoodsFormer Chief Financial Officer$3,456,414
Christopher EmersonFormer Interim Chief Financial Officer$1,096,984

What changed and why

  • $12.5MCEO total compensation increased to $12,513,920 in 2025 due to higher stock and bonus awards.
  • 59%Support for say-on-pay was approximately 59% in 2025 following shareholder engagement.
  • 11.20%The company delivered solid financial results including diluted EPS of $3.86 and ROTCE of 11.20%.
  • John F. Woods departed as Chief Financial Officer and forfeited outstanding equity awards.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.