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Mr. Robbins is Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Company and the Bank, allowing him to approach his director role from a unique perspective. He joined Valley in 1996 as part of the Bank's Management Associate Program and has grown along with the Company. From college student to thought leader, his nearly 30-year career at Valley has seen him through several key positions where his invaluable contributions have helped shape Valley's growth and success. As CEO, Mr. Robbins has led Valley into the future while keeping true to the Company's roots as a local bank. In an ever-evolving digital and mobile world, Mr. Robbins and the rest of Valley's leadership team strive to create a stronger, faster, more efficient and more responsive organization. His vision for success is building a purpose-driven organization which includes embracing innovation, being customer-centric, promoting social responsibility and empowering Valley's associates. Mr. Robbins earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from Susquehanna University, his Master of Business Administration in Finance from Pace University and is a graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (inactive) in New Jersey and is a member of both the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Robbins serves on the board of directors of the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, the New Jersey Bankers Association (NJBA), the New York Bankers Association and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY). He also serves on the board of directors of the Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest New Jersey and is on the Morris Habitat for Humanity Leadership Council. Mr. Robbins takes great pride in community outreach and is an active supporter of several other philanthropic organizations in his community as well.

On March 3, 2025, the Company also announced the appointment of Gino Martocci as the Company's new Senior Executive Vice President, President of Commercial Banking effective March 31, 2025. Gino Martocci brings with him a wealth of commercial banking experience and a proven track record of driving profitable growth through building and managing highly successful banking organizations. With over 30 years in the industry, he has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a deep understanding of market dynamics. Before joining Valley, Mr. Martocci served as Head of Commercial and Commercial Real Estate Banking for M&T Bank, where he managed all aspects of the bank's commercial banking businesses. Outside of M&T, he has also served as a member of the Apple Bank Board of Directors, Member-Investment Committee National Real Estate Advisors, and the LFPI Advisory Committee.

Mr. Patrick D. Smith, 2020 - 2025 Head of Consumer and Business Banking at Santander Bank, N.A.

Mr. Barrett joined the Company in 2021 as Chief Transformation Officer and was promoted to the position of Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer in January 2024. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Barrett had served as Chief Information Officer at Bank Leumi USA since 2020 and as a Managing Director at BNP Paribas from 2013 to 2020. On March 3, 2025, the Company announced that Russell Barrett has been appointed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.

Mr. Lan, 40, joined the Company in February 2020 as Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Finance & M&A and, on January 1, 2024, was appointed as Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lan served as a Director in the Investment Banking Department of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) from June 2016 to February 2020. Prior to his transition to investment banking in 2016, Mr. Lan spent ten years as an equity research analyst covering community and regional banks for KBW, Stifel Nicolaus, and Ryan Beck & Co. On March 3, 2025, the Company announced that Mr. Lan has been appointed as Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.

Mr. Sani serves as president of First Pioneer Properties, Inc., a commercial real estate management company. Mr. Sani joined First Pioneer in 1989 and is responsible for the acquisition, financing, developing, leasing, and managing of real estate assets. He has over 35 years of experience in managing and owning commercial real estate in Valley's lending market area. Mr. Sani is also a former Real Estate associate at the law firm of Shea & Gould LLP and serves as General Counsel for First Pioneer. With that responsibility, Mr. Sani has considerable experience in different areas of law including real estate, tax, land use, government regulation, and labor. Mr. Sani received his Bachelor degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law. Board expects to elect Suresh L. Sani as Independent Lead Director at Annual Meeting.

Mr. Maio is a former Chief Information Officer at Ally Financial, Inc., with responsibility for Customer Information and Analytics and Corporate Technology. Prior to joining Ally, he held various technology leadership positions in large financial services companies including CIT, Charles Schwab, and Fidelity Investments. Mr. Maio served on the board of advisors of the North Carolina Technology Association from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Maio currently serves as a consultant. Mr. Maio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration degree in Information Systems and International Business from The Stern School of Business at New York University. In 2020, Mr. Maio earned the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight issued by the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2023, Mr. Maio completed the ESG Executive Certificate Senior Leaders Program at The Wharton School Aresty Institute of Executive Education, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Maio also volunteers as a member of the board of directors of Greater Pike (Pennsylvania) Community Foundation, a not-for-profit institution supporting regional charitable causes.

Ms. Steans is the CEO of Financial Investments Corporation, a private asset management firm, where she oversees private equity investments and the Steans Family Office operations. She was Chair of USAmeriBancorp, Inc. until its merger with Valley in 2018. Ms. Steans also serves as Chair of Civic Consulting Alliance and on the board of directors of Laramar. Ms. Steans is on the advisory board for 5th Century Partners, Prairie Capital, and Siena Capital Partners. She also serves on the Executive Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago. Previously, Ms. Steans served as a director of MB Financial (MBFI), a publicly traded regional bank holding company located in Chicago. She also served as a Director of Cole Taylor Bank and Taylor Capital before being acquired by MBFI and as a Director of Arabella Advisors. Ms. Steans is active in the nonprofit community, serving on several boards, including the past Chair of Navy Pier, the past Chair of Ravinia Festival, Trustee of RUSH University Medical Center, and Trustee of DePaul University and World Business Chicago. She is also involved in many community organizations and ventures in the Greater Chicago Area.

Mr. Wilks is the CEO of Spiegel Associates Inc., a real estate ownership and development company. He served as a director of State Bancorp, Inc. (SBI) from 2001 to 2011 and was appointed to the Board in connection with Valley's acquisition of SBI in January 2012. From 1992 to 1995, he was an Associate Director of Sandler O'Neill, an investment bank specializing in the banking industry. Prior to that, Mr. Wilks was a Vice President of Corporate Finance at NatWest USA and Vice President of NatWest USA Capital Corp. and NatWest Equity Corp., each an investment affiliate of NatWest USA. He serves on the board of directors of the Museum at Eldridge Street and is a member of the board of directors of City Parks Foundation and The Association for a Better Long Island. Mr. Wilks served as director of the Banking and Finance Committee of the United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York from 1991 to 2001. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Accounting and Finance from Boston University.

Ms. Perrott served as Chief Audit Executive at Accenture PLC (Accenture), a global public professional services firm, from September 2014 to August 2020 and retired from the firm in February 2021. Prior to taking on the role of Chief Audit Executive, Ms. Perrott held a number of roles of increasing responsibility at Accenture, including as Global Finance Lead for several different functional service lines from 1992 to 2003, Technology CFO from 2003 to 2009, North America CFO from 2009 to 2012, and Internal Audit Managing Director from 2012 to 2014. Prior to joining Accenture, Ms. Perrott served in various public accounting roles in the external audit practice of Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1985 to 1992. Ms. Perrott earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a concentration in Accounting from Duke University. Ms. Perrott has served on the board of directors of Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a non-profit organization committed to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of injured marine life, since 2021, and assumed the Chair position effective January 1, 2025. She has also served on the Finance Advisory Board for the town of Belleair in Florida since 2022 and on the board of directors of Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation since 2023.

Rev. Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Jr. has more than 30 years of experience in corporate and community development, which enables him to contribute a unique set of experiences and expertise to the Board. While working for first-tier investment banks, he participated in over $10 billion in public equity and debt offerings, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures and intellectual property licensing. His board expertise includes ESG, DEI, audit and investments. Dr. Williams is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and completed his undergraduate studies in finance at Howard University. After a brief, but successful, career on Wall Street, Dr. Williams earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Wesley Theological Seminary and subsequently a Doctorate in Ministry degree from Payne Theological Seminary. He has also written dozens of articles and two books. In addition to serving as the lead pastor of Bethel Church in Morristown, New Jersey (a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church) and serving on several non-profit boards of directors, Dr. Williams is also the founder and CEO of Crossing Capital Group Inc. (CCG), a New Jersey benefit corporation that seeks to address the structural inequities in underfinanced communities by providing a proprietary approach toward reimagining physical assets.

Mr. Efrat has served as First Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Head of Technology Division for Bank Leumi Le-Israel B.M. (Bank Leumi or BLITA) since January 2024. Prior to that role, Mr. Efrat served as First Executive Vice President & Head of Strategy, Digital and Data of Bank Leumi from October 2021 until December 2023. Mr. Efrat joined Bank Leumi from Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services Ltd., the largest insurance and financial group in Israel, operating in insurance, asset management and credit segments (Harel), where he served as Executive General Manager - Tech Division Chief Information Officer from 2018 to 2021, Senior Vice President - Long Term Investments and Savings and Chief Digital Officer from 2015 to 2018, and as Vice President - Long Term Investment and Savings from 2008 to 2015. Prior to joining Harel, Mr. Efrat served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd., an Israel-based insurance and financial services company, from 1999 until 2008. Mr. Efrat currently serves as Chairman of Leumi Capital Markets. He also serves on the advisory board of Scanovate Ltd., an identity management company that provides a digital identity management platform for financial institutions, and Dell EMC EMEA. Mr. Efrat earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business with a specialization in Information Systems and Finance from Ono Academic College, as well as his Master of Business Administration degree in Business Management and Finance from Baruch College.

Mark Saeger, Executive Vice President of Valley and Chief Credit Officer of Valley National Bank. 2012 - 2015 Managing Director of Credit, Santander Bank, N.A.

Mr. John P. Regan as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of the Company, effective June 21, 2024. Mr. Regan is a veteran banking industry audit and risk management executive with over 30 years of experience leading banking teams for global, regional, and community banks. Mr. Regan is a former Senior Partner of KPMG LLP, where he was responsible for coordinating KPMG's New York Metro Banking Audit Practice, and was also a lead partner for various global and regional banks until his departure from KPMG in 2015. Most recently, Mr. Regan served as Chief Audit Officer for the New York banking operations of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from July 2022 - March 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Regan held the position of Chief Audit Executive at Investors Bancorp from 2016 until 2022.

Ms. Lyndsey M. Sloan, 2014 - 2024 Deputy General Counsel, Secretary & Senior Vice President of The Huntington National Bank

Yvonne M. Surowiec, Senior Executive Vice President of Valley and Chief People Officer of Valley National Bank. 2014 - 2016 Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, CDK Global.

Mr. Mitchell L. Crandell, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Valley and Valley National Bank.