JAMES ECCHER

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OLD SECOND BANCORP INC

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2014-04-21 Messrs. Skoglund, Eccher and Cheatham, as our executive officers, did not receive any board fees for their service on our board, nor did they receive board fees for their service on the board of the Bank.
2015-04-17 James Eccher (Age 49) Chief Executive Officer and President, Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (2015-present), President and Chief Executive Officer, Old Second National Bank (2003-present), Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (2007-2015).
2016-04-12 Mr. Eccher is Chief Executive Officer and President. He is not paid director fees as an executive officer.
2017-04-14 Messrs. Eccher, Cheatham and Collins, as executive officers, did not receive any board fees for their service on our board, nor did they receive board fees for their service on the board of the Bank.
2018-04-13 James L. Eccher Chief Executive Officer and President
2019-04-19 Mr. Eccher has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since 2015 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank since 2003. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, a position he has held since 2007, and served as Senior Vice President and Branch Director of the Bank from 1999 until 2003. Before that he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Sugar Grove from 1996 until 1999. We consider Mr. Eccher to be qualified for service on the board due to his experience in the financial services industry and the familiarity with Old Second’s operations that he has acquired as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Old Second and Old Second National Bank.
2021-04-16 We do not pay our “inside” employee-directors any additional compensation for their service as directors. In 2020, we paid our non-employee directors the following quarterly cash fees, as follows: $10,625 to our Chairman (Mr. Skoglund); $9,250 to our Audit Committee Chair (Mr. Tapscott) and Lead Independent Director (Mr. Finn); $8,750 to our Compensation Committee Chair (Mr. Ladowicz) and Risk Committee Chair (Mr. Kane); and $7,500 to all other directors, other than our two new directors appointed in October 2020. We also paid our directors $750 for every committee meeting attended, if there were no other company-level meetings held that day. We also grant our directors annual equity awards in the form of restricted stock units. These awards cliff vest on the third anniversary of the grant date. The grant date of the 2020 equity awards was February 18, 2020, and these awards will vest on February 18, 2023. The following table sets forth the compensation paid to our non-employee directors in 2020: James Eccher is an inside employee director and does not receive additional compensation.
2022-04-14 Mr. Eccher has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since 2015. Mr. Eccher serves on the Loan Committee and the Risk Committee. The following table sets forth the compensation paid to each of our non-employee directors and to Mr. Acker in 2021: James Eccher - Total compensation $1,717,080.
2024-04-19 Mr. Eccher is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Eccher was appointed as Chairman in May 2022. Mr. Eccher is also our President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Mr. Eccher has previously served as Senior Vice President and Branch Director of the Bank from 1999 until 2003. Before that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Sugar Grove from 1996 until 1999.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30