Hancock Whitney

Hancock Whitney

HWC· Finance· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025Stock +16.4% in FY2025

John M. Hairston is the CEO of Hancock Whitney and was paid $6.3M in FY2025 (Dec), up 10%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $196
CEO pay is from each Hancock Whitney 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.

Executives5

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  1. 1John M. HairstonFY2025
  2. 2D. Shane LoperFY2025
  3. 3Michael M. AcharyFY2025
  4. 4Christopher S. ZilucaFY2025
  5. 5Michael OteroFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Hancock Whitney paid its 5 named executives $15.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO John M. Hairston was paid $6.3M of that.

Name
John M. HairstonPresident and CEO
D. Shane LoperChief Operating Officer
Michael M. AcharyChief Financial Officer
Christopher S. ZilucaChief Credit OfficerNot disclosed
Michael OteroChief Risk OfficerNot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers48

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Hancock Whitney names 48 peer companies for pay. Among Hancock Whitney and these peers, CEO pay was 9th highest of 13 and total shareholder return was 3rd highest of 13.

9th highest of 13in Hancock Whitney and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$3.4M$10.4M

3rd highest of 13in Hancock Whitney and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$111$249

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board14

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  • Jerry L. LevensChair · 16 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Compensation, Executive (Chair)—Paid as an executive
  • Christine L. PickeringDirector · 25 yr on the boardIndependentAudit (Chair), Corporate Governance and Nominating, Executive—Paid as an executive
  • Frank E. BertucciDirector · 25 yr on the boardIndependentExecutive, Risk (Chair)—Paid as an executive
  • Constantine S. LiollioDirector · 9 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation (Chair), Corporate Governance and Nominating, Executive—Paid as an executive
  • H. Merritt Lane, IIIDirector · 4 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Risk—Paid as an executive
  • Albert J. WilliamsDirector · 0 yr on the boardIndependentRisk—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Hancock Whitney COO pay rose 20% to $3.4M. The stock rose 16% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Hancock Whitney Chief Risk Officer pay rose 22% to $1.5M. The stock rose 16% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Board
    Albert J. Williams joined the board of Hancock Whitney. Albert J. Williams sits on no other public board.
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  4. Pay
    Hancock Whitney COO pay rose 18% to $3.1M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Hancock Whitney CFO pay rose 23% to $2.3M. The stock rose 13% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Hancock Whitney CEO pay rose 12% to $6.7M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Board
    Moses H. Feagin Sr. joined the board of Hancock Whitney. Moses H. Feagin Sr. sits on no other public board.
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  8. Pay
    Hancock Whitney COO pay fell 13% to $2.7M. The stock did not change in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Hancock Whitney CFO pay fell 15% to $1.9M. The stock did not change in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Hancock Whitney President pay fell 17% to $1.6M. The stock did not change in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Hancock Whitney President pay fell 11% to $2.0M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  12. Pay
    Hancock Whitney CEO pay fell 16% to $5.6M. The stock did not change in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  13. Pay
    Hancock Whitney Division head pay fell 15% to $1.6M. The stock did not change in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A

Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 17, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 27, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 11, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 27, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 12, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 28, 2024FY2023
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