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Sanwa Bank of California, Los Angeles, has named Howard Gould, chief administrative officer, and Kazuyoshi Kuwahata, chief line officer, as vice chairmen as well.
In addition, Larry Layne, head of relationship banking group, and Douglas Stewart, manager of the bank's marketing and delivery support group, were named group executive vice presidents.
Philip Sherringham, senior vice president of financial management and control, was designated chief financial officer.
And the bank promoted senior vice presidents Susan Fowler of human resources, Yukio Harada of information and delivery systems, and Roland Ojeda of risk management to executive vice president.