WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP (WTFC)
Sector: Financials
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Financials
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for WTFC
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTFC | Member; Director | 62 | [] | ["Chair","Audit Committee","Finance (Chair)","Audit"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Gregory A. Smith (62), Director since 2024. Mr. Smith currently serves as an Executive-in-Residence and Professor of Practice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee s Lubar School of Business, a position he has held since 2012. He also serves as the Curriculum Director for the American Bankers Association s Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Additionally, Mr. Smith serves as a Director of Church Mutual Holding Company, Inc. (since 2014). Mr. Smith was a Director of Envestment, Inc. (NYSE: ENV) from 2015 until its sale in 2024. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Mr. Smith served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Marshall & Ilsley Corporation and its subsidiary M&I Bank from 2006 until Marshall & Ilsley s sale to BMO Harris Bank in 2011. Before working at Marshall & Ilsley, Mr. Smith worked in the investment banking industry with a focus on the financial services sector. Mr. Smith is an honors graduate of both Princeton University, where he received an undergraduate degree, and The University of Chicago, where he received an MBA. More recently, he has been recognized as a Board Leadership Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Smith s experience in the banking and investment banking industries provide him with knowledge of the financial services business and capital raising and investment processes. Mr. Smith s banking industry experience is expected to provide sophisticated insight with respect to the Company s banking operations and his professional experience in Wisconsin provides valuable familiarity with one of the Company s core banking markets. His experience also includes the management of liquidity, financial reporting and risk management of a multitude of large and complex organizations. As a result of his financial experience, Mr. Smith qualifies as a financial expert for purposes of rules governing audit committees.