Mr. Bradford C. Hoover, age 50, has been the Bank’s Chief Credit Officer since March 2001. From 1993 through 1998, Mr. Hoover was a Senior Vice President/Regional Manager for Eldorado Bank at its Newport Beach Office. After the sale of Eldorado Bank, from 1998 to April 2000, Mr. Hoover was its interim Chief Credit Officer. He joined Pacific Mercantile Bank in May 2000 as Senior Vice President-Loan Administration and was promoted to the position of Chief Credit Officer in March 2001. Mr. Hoover’s has more than 25 years of banking experience in Southern California. |