Banking
Amerant Bancorp Executive Compensation (FY25)
AMTB · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 4, 2026
256 figures on this page: 252 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Carlos Iafigliola, Senior Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, received $1,099,618 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and Iafigliola's total was 0.7% higher than the $1,092,481 reported for fiscal 2024. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 12:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $122,628. The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.5% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026 for fiscal 2025. The disclosed peer group names Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, BancFirst Corporation, Brookline Bancorp, Inc., Byline Bancorp, Inc. and ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., among others.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Carlos Iafigliola: $1,092,481 → $1,099,618 (0.7% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 82.2% → 98.5% (16.3 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 24:1 → 12:1 (50.0% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Amerant Bancorp's chief executive and what were they paid?
Carlos Iafigliola, Senior Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, received $1,099,618 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Iafigliola's total was 0.7% higher than the $1,092,481 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Amerant Bancorp's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 98.5% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 2, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Amerant Bancorp's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, BancFirst Corporation, Brookline Bancorp, Inc., Byline Bancorp, Inc. and ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc., among others.
What is Amerant Bancorp's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 12:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $122,628.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Plush Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Juan Esterripa Senior Executive Vice-President and Head of Commercial Banking | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Howard Levine Senior Executive Vice-President and Head of Consumer Banking | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Carlos Iafigliola Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alberto Capriles Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sharymar Calderón Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Plush Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Juan Esterripa Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Banking Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Carlos Iafigliola Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Howard Levine Former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banking Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sharymar Calderón Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gerald Plush Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Braden Smith Former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banking Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Carlos Iafigliola Senior Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Executive Officer Served on an interim basis | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Howard Levine Former Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banking Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Sharymar Calderón Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alberto Capriles Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mariola Sanchez Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Capriles | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Alberto Capriles | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Braden Smith | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Braden Smith | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Carlos Iafigliola | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Carlos Iafigliola | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Gerald P. Plush | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Gerald P. Plush | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mariola Sanchez | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mariola Sanchez | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Sharymar Calder | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Sharymar Calder | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Iafigliola | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Alberto Capriles | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Mariola Sanchez | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Sharymar Calderón | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Braden Smith | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odilon Almeida Board chair | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Pamella J. Dana | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
John W. Quill | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Oscar Suarez | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ashaki Rucker | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Millar Wilson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Erin D. Knight | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gustavo Marturet M | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Patricia Morrison | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jack Kopnisky | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Miguel A. Capriles L | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gerald P. Plush served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Lead independent director premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation AUB
- BancFirst Corporation BANF
- Brookline Bancorp, Inc. BRKL
- Byline Bancorp, Inc. BY
- ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. CNOB
- CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc. CFB
- Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. DCOM
- Enterprise Financial Services Corporation EFSC
- FB Financial Corporation FBK
- First Financial Bancorp FFBC
- Flushing Financial Corporation FFIC
- National Bank Holdings Corporation NBHC
- Provident Financial Holdings, Inc. PROV
- Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. SASR
- Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCF
- ServisFirst Bancshares Inc. SFBS
- Stellar Bancorp STEL
- Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. SYBT
- TowneBank TOWN
- Trustmark Corporation TRMK
- Univest Financial Corporation UVSP
- Veritex Holdings, Inc. VBTX
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 2, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 7, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 8, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 7, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Amerant Bancorp disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Amerant Bancorp sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
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Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
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Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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256 figures on this page: 252 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
252 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001734342-26-000048
- 0001734342-26-0000262025 Non-employee Director Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
- 0001734342-25-000037
- 0001193125-25-066664Summary Compensation Table
- 0001734342-24-000034
- 0001193125-24-081822Summary Compensation Table
- 0001734342-23-000038Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Amerant Bancorp discloses
The companies named in AMTB's own disclosed peer group.
Atlantic Union Bankshares CorporationBancFirst CorporationByline Bancorp, Inc.ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.Enterprise Financial Services CorporationFB Financial CorporationFirst Financial BancorpFlushing Financial CorporationNational Bank Holdings CorporationSeacoast Banking Corporation of FloridaServisFirst Bancshares Inc.Stellar BancorpStock Yards Bancorp, Inc.TowneBankTrustmark CorporationUnivest Financial Corporation
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}