Customers Bancorp (CUBB) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Jay S. Sidhu, Executive Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3M in 2025, down 12% from $3.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 21:1, on median employee pay of $141,216.

Filed
April 14, 2026
Annual meeting
May 26, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$3M-12% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
21:1median $141,216
CEO pay in equity
70%$2.1M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
95%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$2,954,956For fiscal year 2025
Prior Year CEO Total
$3,362,649For fiscal year 2024
Median Employee Pay
$141,216Annual total compensation
CEO Pay Ratio
21:1Ratio to median employee

How Sidhu was paid

$3M 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.

Salary29%Stock awards70%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jay S. SidhuExecutive Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer$2,954,956
Sam SidhuPresident and Chief Executive Officer$12,927,331
Mark R. McCollomEVP, Chief Financial Officer$391,056
Philip S. WatkinsEVP, Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations and Former Chief Financial Officer$1,071,708
Lyle P. CunninghamEVP, Chief Banking Officer$907,501
Thomas H. KasulkaEVP, Chief Credit Officer$889,030

What changed and why

  • $3.4MCEO total compensation decreased from $3,362,649 in 2024 to $2,954,956 in 2025.
  • 95%Over 95 percent of votes cast approved the prior say-on-pay proposal.
  • No stock option awards were granted to named executive officers during 2025.
  • A Special One-Time CEO Transition Award was granted to Sam Sidhu.

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.