Mark W. Thompson, (Age 56); President of CenterState Bank, N.A.
(September 2017 to present). Executive Vice President and Regional President overseeing the Banks South Florida market (2014 to September 2017). Mr. Thompson also served as Head of Special Assets for the Bank (2010 to 2014), Chief
Credit Officer of CenterState Bank of Central Florida, a predecessor and related bank to the Bank, (2008-2010), and as Area Executive for Polk County, Florida (2005 to 2008). Prior to joining CenterState, Mr. Thompson held positions in several
other financial institutions over his nearly 33 years in the banking industry, including Barnett Bank and Wachovia Bank.
Daniel E.
Bockhorst, (Age 56); Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Company (2017 to present) and CenterState Bank, N.A. (2010 to 2017). Mr. Bockhorst also served as Chief Risk Officer of the Company (2010 2017).
Director of special loans, Florida, for the Royal Bank of Canada, USA (2008 2010); Executive Vice President and Senior Lender for Indian River National Bank (2004 2008); Senior Vice President Commercial Lender, Fifth Third Bank (1986
2004).
Beth S. DeSimone, (Age 60); Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and General Counsel of
Company and CenterState Bank, N.A. (2018 to present). Ms. DeSimone also served as General Counsel of the Company and the Bank (Nov. 2016 to 2018). Previously, Ms. DeSimone was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
CommunityOne Bancorp and CommunityOne Bank (Nov. 2011 Oct. 2016); and Counsel, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, D.C. (1986-2011).
Ernest S. Pinner, (Age 72); Chairman of the Board (2004 to present), Chief Executive Officer and President (2002 to July 17, 2015) and Executive Vice President (2000
2001) of the Company; Chairman of CenterState Bank Central Florida, N.A. and CenterState Bank, N.A. (2002 to December 2010, at which time these two banks were merged into CenterState Bank, N.A.); Chairman of CenterState Bank, N.A. (2002 to
January 1, 2020); Director of Valrico State Bank (2007 through its June 2012 merger into CenterState Bank of Florida, N.A.); President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterState Bank of Florida N.A. (2000 2003); Chairman of CenterState
Bank Mid Florida (2004 2007); Area President and Senior Vice President of First Union National Bank (1986 1999).
For purposes of this Proxy Statement, our Named Executive Officers, or NEOs, are Messrs. Pinner, Corbett, Young, Matthews and Murray and
Ms. Idell.
In connection with the completion of the merger with NCOM, Mr. Murray became the Chief Executive Officer of
CenterState Bank and Mr. Matthews became the Chief Financial Officer of CenterState and CenterState Bank. Ms. Idell became the Chief Administrative Officer of CenterState and CenterState Bank, with responsibilities focused on operations,
information technology, human resources and training, corporate real estate and marketing.
PROPOSAL TWO
ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
In accordance with the requirements of Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the related rules of the SEC, we are including in these proxy materials a separate resolution subject to
shareholder vote to approve, in a non-binding vote, an advisory resolution to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, or NEOs, as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to Item 402 of
Regulation S-K.
Our executive compensation philosophy and programs are designed to
foster a performance-oriented culture that aligns our executive officers interests with those of our shareholders. For 2019, the principal compensation components for our executive officers were: base salary, annual bonus, and equity-based
incentive compensation. Please read the sections entitled COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS and the tables that follow for additional information about our executive compensation programs, including information about the 2019
compensation of our NEOs.
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