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The chief credit officer at Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles has resigned.
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Hanmi Financial (HAFC) in Los Angeles has hired Bonita Lee, a recently departed executive from BBCN Bancorp (BBCN), as its chief operating officer.
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BBCN Bancorp in Los Angeles has hired a former chief executive of Hanmi Financial and Wilshire Bancorp to lead its bank.
April 25
Wilshire Bancorp (WIBC) in Los Angeles said Monday that it had hired Jung Hak Son as its chief marketing officer, a position he took over in 2009. Son, who will manage a newly created group at the $2.8 billion-asset company, will be responsible for developing new business relationships for the bank. Son recently serve as chief credit officer at Hanmi Bank (HAFC).
"Son has spent his entire career working with Korean-American banks in the Los Angeles area and has proven to be one of the most accomplished bankers in our industry," J.W. Yoo, Wilshire's president and chief executive, said in a press release. "His experience in lending, branch management and credit administration gives him a unique perspective on the efforts required to attract high quality new relationships to the bank."
Hanmi announced
It can be challenging keeping up with the game of musical chairs being played by Korean-American banks this year.
Hanmi recently hired Chong Guk Kim, a former head of First California Bank, as its president and CEO and
