Ameris Bancorp: Pay

Ameris Bancorp paid its 5 named executives $13.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. was paid $6.1M of that.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Nicole S. StokesCorporate EVP and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
James A. LaHaiseCorporate EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Lawton E. Bassett, IIICorporate EVP and Banking Group President
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Ross L. CreasyCorporate EVP and Chief Information Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 9 peers with pay on file was $6.2M. The CEO of Ameris Bancorp was paid $6.1M, 2% below the median.

  1. 1Umb Financial
  2. 2SouthState Bank
  3. 3Home Bancshares
  4. 4Hancock Whitney
  5. 5United Community Banks
  6. 6Ameris Bancorp
  7. 7Fulton Financial
  8. 8Atlantic Union Bankshares
  9. 9Simmons First National
  10. 10Prosperity Bancshares
  11. 11Bank OZKNot disclosed
  12. 12Cadence BankNot disclosed
  13. 13Commerce Bancshares, Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14Hilltop Holdings Inc.Not disclosed
  15. 15Pinnacle Financial PartnersNot disclosed
  16. 16RenasantNot disclosed
  17. 17Trustmark CorporationNot disclosed
  18. 18United Bankshares, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.