Banking
Preferred Bank Executive Compensation (FY25)
PFBC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (proxy statement, FDIC): April 13, 2026
46 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them. See the citations
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Preferred Bank's chief executive and what were they paid?
Li Yu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $4,467,850 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Preferred Bank's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Banc of California, Bank of Marin Bancorp, Banner Corporation, CVB Financial Corp. and First Foundation, Inc., among others.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Li Yu Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Wellington Chen President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Edward Czajka Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Nick Pi Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Johnny Hsu Executive Vice President, Deputy Chief Operating 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Richard Belliston | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gary S. Nunnelly | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Clark Hsu | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
William C. Y. Cheng | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kathleen Shane | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Wayne Wu | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Chih-Wei Wu | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Li Yu 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.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Banc of California BANC
- Bank of Marin Bancorp BMRC
- Banner Corporation BANR
- CVB Financial Corp. CVBF
- First Foundation, Inc. FFWM
- Heritage Commerce Corp. HTBK
- Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA
- Pacific Premier Bancorp PPBI
- Royal Business Bank symbol not shown
- Sierra Bancorp BSRR
- Westamerica Bancorporation WABC
What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Preferred Bank disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Preferred Bank 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
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
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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Documents cited
- Director Compensation table
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Peers Preferred Bank discloses
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APA
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}
}