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First Republic Bank in San Francisco has promoted Jason Bender to chief operating officer.
December 8 -
First Republic Bank in San Francisco has extended the contract of longtime Chairman and Chief Executive James Herbert for another two years.
December 3 -
Although Congress may soon tackle whether to raise the $50 billion "systemic" threshold for banks, First Republic CEO James Herbert says the bank must still invest heavily in hiring the necessary staff to help it deal with the additional regulation from such a designation.
October 16
First Republic Bank in San Francisco has appointed Katherine August-deWilde to the newly created position of vice chair.
In addition to serving on the board, August-deWilde will also be a senior adviser to the $55 billion-asset bank and will work on strategic initiatives with major clients.
First Republic did not disclose its plans for filling the position of president that August-deWilde vacated.
August-deWilde, who was 67 on March 31 at the time of the bank's proxy statement, has been president of First Republic since 2007 and was chief operating officer from 1996 to 2014. She joined First Republic as chief financial officer at the bank’s inception in 1985.
