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Columbia Banking System Executive Compensation

COLB · Finance · FY2025 Data

Columbia Banking System is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector.

Total Exec Pay FY2025
$26.6M
Highest Paid Executive
$7.7M
Executives Tracked
9
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Data available:FY2025FY2024FY2023

Named Executive Officers — FY2025

ExecutiveYearBaseStockTotal Pay
Clint E. Stein
Chief Executive Officer and President
FY2025$1.3M$3.7M$7.7M
Andrew H. Ognall
Executive Vice President Chief Risk Officer
FY2025$492,000$1.5M$3.0M
Ron L. Farnsworth
Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
FY2025$623,000$878,804$2.8M
Ivan A. Seda.
Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer
FY2025$155,596$790,018$1.1M
Cort L. OHaver
Executive Officer
FY2024$1.3M—$5.0M
Christopher M. Merrywell
Executive Vice President Columbia Bank President of Consumer Banking
FY2024$715,000—$2.5M
Torran B. Nixon
Executive Vice President Columbia Bank President of Commercial Banking
FY2024$715,000—$2.4M
Christopher E. Merrywell Umpqua Bank
President Retail
FY2023$505,481—$1.8M
Aaron James Deer
Executive Officer
FY2023——$250,000

Compensation Analysis

Computed directly from SEC-sourced figures tracked on this page — not a general description.

Columbia Banking System discloses FY2025 compensation for 9 named executive officers, totaling $26.6M. Clint E. Stein, the Chief Executive Officer and President, accounts for 29% of that combined total.

Clint E. Stein's total compensation rose 22% year-over-year, from $6.3M in FY2024 to $7.7M in FY2025.

Cash compensation (salary plus bonus) made up 21% of Columbia Banking System's FY2025 tracked executive pay, with stock awards accounting for 26%. That's notably more stock-weighted than the typical Finance company in this dataset, where stock awards average 0% of tracked pay.

Among 115 other Finance companies in this dataset, Columbia Banking System's combined tracked executive pay of $26.6M ranks in the 72th percentile (industry median: $9.1M). Its highest-paid executive, Clint E. Stein, ranks in the 63th percentile for top-executive pay in the sector (industry median: $4.6M).

Historical Compensation Data

ExecutiveYearBaseStockTotal
FY2025$1.3M$3.7M$7.7M
FY2025$492,000$1.5M$3.0M
FY2025$623,000$878,804$2.8M
FY2025$155,596$790,018$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M$3.2M$6.3M
FY2024$1.3M—$5.0M
FY2024$605,000$809,160$2.7M
FY2024$715,000—$2.5M
FY2024$715,000—$2.4M
FY2023$879,962—$4.6M
FY2023——$2.5M
FY2023$505,481—$1.8M
FY2023$417,404—$1.2M
FY2023——$1.1M
FY2023——$1.0M
FY2023——$250,000
Data Source: Compensation figures are sourced from Columbia Banking System's DEF 14A proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via EDGAR. Figures reflect the most recently available fiscal year per executive. See something wrong? Report it.
COLB — Quick Facts
CompanyColumbia Banking System
TickerCOLB
IndustryFinance
Most Recent DataFY2025
Years of Data3
Total Exec Pay$26.6M
Executives Tracked9
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