WILLIAM L. ATWELL

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WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP

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2016-03-18 William L. Atwell is managing director of Atwell Partners, LLC, a Darien, Connecticut based company which provides consulting services and market insights to the financial services industry. Mr. Atwell was President of CIGNA International at CIGNA Corporation from 2008 to 2012. Earlier in his career, Mr. Atwell held various senior positions with The Charles Schwab Corporation, including President, Individual Investor Enterprise and Schwab Bank. Mr. Atwell began his career at Citibank where he held various senior executive roles. Mr. Atwell serves as an independent trustee of AQR Mutual Funds (AQR Capital Management LLC) and chairs its nominating and governance committee and is a member of its audit committee. Mr. Atwell serves as a trustee and is the former Chairman (2012-2015) of the Fairfield University board of trustees. Mr. Atwell is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Risk Committee. Mr. Atwell's role as a former President of CIGNA International and 35 years of executive experience in the retail financial services industry, including banking, brokerage and insurance, provides insight regarding Webster's opportunities and challenges.
2017-03-17 William L. Atwell is managing director of Atwell Partners, LLC, a Darien, Connecticut based company which provides consulting services and market insights to the financial services industry. Mr. Atwell was President of CIGNA International at CIGNA Corporation from 2008 to 2012. Earlier in his career, Mr. Atwell held various senior positions with The Charles Schwab Corporation, including President, Individual Investor Enterprise and Schwab Bank. Mr. Atwell began his career at Citibank where he held various senior executive roles. He is Chairman of the Board of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOR), a provider of technology-enabled financial solutions headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Mr. Atwell serves as an independent trustee of AQR Mutual Funds (AQR Capital Management LLC) and chairs its nominating and governance committee and is a member of its audit committee. Mr. Atwell serves as a trustee and is the former Chairman (2012-2015) of the Fairfield University board of trustees. Mr. Atwell is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Risk Committee. Mr. Atwell's role as a former President of CIGNA International and 35 years of executive experience in the retail financial services industry, including banking, brokerage and insurance, provides insight regarding Webster's opportunities and challenges. William L. Atwell, 66, Director, Compensation; Risk, Compensation Committee member, total compensation $115,062.
2018-03-23 William L. Atwell is managing director of Atwell Partners, LLC, a Darien, Connecticut based company which provides consulting services and market insights to the financial services industry. Mr. Atwell was President of CIGNA International at CIGNA Corporation from 2008 to 2012. Earlier in his career, Mr. Atwell held various senior positions with The Charles Schwab Corporation, including President, Individual Investor Enterprise and Schwab Bank. Mr. Atwell began his career at Citibank where he held various senior executive roles. He is Chairman of the Board of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOR), a provider of technology-enabled financial solutions headquartered in Irving, Texas. Mr. Atwell serves as an independent trustee of AQR Mutual Funds (AQR Capital Management LLC) and is a member of its audit and nominating and corporate governance committees. Mr. Atwell serves as a trustee and is the former Chairman (2012-2015) of the Fairfield University board of trustees. Mr. Atwell is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Risk Committee. Mr. Atwell's role as a former President of CIGNA International and 35 years of executive experience in the retail financial services industry, including banking, brokerage and insurance, provides insight regarding Webster's opportunities and challenges. The following table summarizes the compensation paid to Webster's non-employee directors during 2017. Employee directors of Webster receive no additional compensation for serving as directors or committee members of Webster or its subsidiaries. Beyond these and other standard arrangements described below, no other compensation was paid to any such director. William L. Atwell 54,000 66,638 — 2,395 123,033
2019-03-22 Mr. Atwell is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Compensation Committee meetings are attended by Webster's President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), other than while his compensation and benefits are discussed. The members of the Compensation Committee currently are Messrs. Morse (Chair), Atwell, Becker and Ms. Flynn. The following table summarizes the compensation paid to Webster's non-employee directors during 2018. William L. Atwell: Total compensation $125,456.
2020-03-20 William L. Atwell is the retired Founder and Managing Director of Atwell Partners, LLC, a Darien, Connecticut based company which provided consulting services and market insights to the financial services industry, where he worked from 2012 to 2019. Mr. Atwell was President of Cigna International at Cigna Corporation from 2008 to 2012 and also served as a Senior Vice President for Cigna Healthcare from 1996 to 2000. Earlier in his career, Mr. Atwell held various senior executive positions with The Charles Schwab Corporation, including President of Individual Investor Enterprise and Schwab Bank. Mr. Atwell began his career at Citibank, where over the course of twenty-three years, he held various senior executive roles both domestically and internationally. He is the retired Chairman of the Board of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOR), a provider of technology-enabled financial solutions headquartered in Irving, Texas. Currently, Mr. Atwell serves as an independent trustee of AQR Mutual Funds (AQR Capital Management LLC) and is a member of its audit and nominating and corporate governance committees. Mr. Atwell served as a trustee from 2006-2018 and is the former Chairman (2012-2015) of the Fairfield University board of trustees. Mr. Atwell is Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee. Mr. Atwell's role as a former President of Cigna International and over 40 years of executive experience in the retail financial services industry, including banking, brokerage, healthcare and insurance, provides insight regarding Webster's opportunities and challenges. The following table summarizes the compensation paid to Webster's non-employee directors during 2019. William L. Atwell: Total compensation $156,844.
2021-03-19 Mr. Atwell is Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee. Mr. Atwell's role as a former President of Cigna International and over 40 years of executive experience in the retail financial services industry, including banking, brokerage, healthcare and insurance, provides insight regarding Webster's opportunities and challenges.
2022-03-25 William L. Atwell is the retired Founder and Managing Director of Atwell Partners, LLC, a Darien, Connecticut based company which provided consulting services and market insights to the financial services industry, where he worked from 2012 to 2019. Mr. Atwell was President of Cigna International at Cigna Corporation from 2008 to 2012 and also served as a Senior Vice President for Cigna Healthcare from 1996 to 2000. Earlier in his career, Mr. Atwell held various senior executive positions with The Charles Schwab Corporation, including President of Individual Investor Enterprise and Schwab Bank. Mr. Atwell began his career at Citibank, where over the course of twenty-three years, he held various senior executive roles both domestically and internationally. He is the retired Chairman of the Board of Blucora, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOR), a provider of technology-enabled financial solutions headquartered in Irving, Texas. Currently, Mr. Atwell serves as an independent trustee of AQR Mutual Funds (AQR Capital Management LLC) and is the chair of its nominating & governance committee and a member of its audit committee. Mr. Atwell served as a trustee from 2006-2018 and is the former Chairman (2012-2015) of the Fairfield University board of trustees. Mr. Atwell is Lead Independent Director, and a member of the Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Executive Committees.
2023-03-15 William L. Atwell, Lead Independent Director, Age: 72, Director since: 2014, Committees: Compensation; Executive; Nominating & Corporate Governance. Total compensation: $232,575.
2024-03-15 William L. Atwell Director Age: 73 Current Committees: Compensation; Nominating & Corporate Governance 2023 Director Compensation Total: $240,526

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-10-12