{"id":796358,"date":"2024-12-19T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/rbb-bancorp-announces-senior-leadership-succession-plan-and-transition-timeline\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:19:52","slug":"rbb-bancorp-announces-senior-leadership-succession-plan-and-transition-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/rbb-bancorp-announces-senior-leadership-succession-plan-and-transition-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"RBB Bancorp Announces Senior Leadership Succession Plan and Transition Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"justify\">LOS ANGELES, Dec.  19, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; RBB Bancorp (the \u201cCompany\u201d) (NASDAQ:\u00a0RBB) is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2025, Mr. Johnny Lee, currently President and Chief Banking Officer of Royal Business Bank (the \u201cBank\u201d), will be appointed as President of the Company, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and a director of the Company and Bank. In addition, effective as of May 22, 2025, Mr. Lee will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Lee brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Company from various financial institutions, and the Company will continue to benefit and grow with his leadership.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Prior to joining the Company in 2023, Mr. Lee, age 62, most recently served as Senior Managing Director, Head of International and Commercial Banking of East West Bank, from 2021 to 2023. Prior thereto, Mr. Lee also served in the following roles at East West Bank: Head of Venture Lending, Emerging Technologies, from 2018 to 2023; Managing Director &amp; Chief Administrative Officer, US Greater China (Bridge) Banking, from 2015 to 2018; and Managing Director, International Banking Group, Corporate Banking Division, from 2013 to 2015. Mr. Lee has over 35 years of banking experience.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Effective January 1, 2025, Mr. David Morris, will resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and President of the Company. Mr. Morris will continue serving as the Company\u2019s Chief Executive Officer until he retires effective as of May 21, 2025. Mr. Morris will remain on the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cWe wish to express our sincere appreciation for the tremendous work Mr. Morris has completed for the Company over the past 15 years and we are grateful for his service and dedication. Our Company has grown substantially due in large part to his strategic efforts and we are so pleased he plans to continue his service as a director of both the Company and the Bank after he retires from the day-to-day responsibilities as CEO of the Company,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 said Christina Kao, the Company\u2019s Chair of the Board of Directors. \u201cWe are also pleased to have Mr. Lee become President and CEO of the Bank at the start of the year and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in May of 2025 through a succession plan. Mr. Lee is a remarkably talented executive, and I look forward to his continued leadership and ongoing contributions as we continue to attract top-tier banking professionals to grow our team and strive to deliver value to our customers, community, and shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Commenting on his new appointment, Mr. Lee stated, &#8220;I am delighted to be part of the collaborative Royal Business Bank team. The Company has demonstrated outstanding growth and performance while delivering shareholder value and serving the Asian American community and Asian-centric businesses. I look forward to leading the Company to achieve success for the benefit of our employees, clients and shareholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In additional leadership changes, effective January 1, 2025, Mr. Mina Rizkalla, currently Senior Vice President\/BSA Officer &amp; Deputy Chief Risk Officer for the Bank since 2023, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for the Company and the Bank and will report to Mr. Lee. Mr. I-Ming (Vincent) Liu, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for the Company and the Bank, will relinquish the Chief Risk Officer position and remain with the Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff and will report to Mr. Lee.\u00a0In his new role, Mr. Liu will assist with the announced senior leadership succession plan and transition timeline. <\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Corporate Overview <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">RBB Bancorp is a community-based financial holding company headquartered in\u00a0Los Angeles, California.\u00a0As of September 30, 2024, the Company had total assets of\u00a0$4.0\u00a0billion. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Royal Business\u00a0Bank, is a full service commercial bank, which provides consumer and business banking services predominately to the Asian\u00a0communities and Asian-centric businesses in\u00a0Los Angeles County,\u00a0Orange County,\u00a0and\u00a0Ventura County\u00a0in\u00a0California, in\u00a0Las Vegas, Nevada, in\u00a0Brooklyn,\u00a0Queens, and\u00a0Manhattan in New York, in Edison, New Jersey, in the Chicago neighborhoods of Chinatown and Bridgeport, Illinois, and on Oahu, Hawaii.\u00a0Bank services include remote deposit, E-banking, mobile banking, commercial and investor real estate loans, business loans and lines of credit, commercial and industrial loans, SBA 7A and 504 loans, 1-4 single family residential loans, trade finance, a full range of depository account products and wealth management services.\u00a0The Bank has nine branches in\u00a0Los Angeles County, two branches in\u00a0Ventura County, one branch in\u00a0Orange County, California, one branch in\u00a0Las Vegas, Nevada, three\u00a0branches and one loan operation center in Brooklyn, three branches in Queens, one branch in\u00a0Manhattan\u00a0in\u00a0New York, one branch in Edison, New Jersey,\u00a0two branches in Chicago, Illinois, and one branch in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Company&#8217;s administrative and lending center is located at 1055 Wilshire Blvd.,\u00a0Los Angeles, California\u00a090017, and its operations center is located at 7025 Orangethorpe Ave.,\u00a0Buena Park, California\u00a090621. The Company&#8217;s website address is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=u5wjHy-N3w1jUXkKpmXHfYKoZKHZZUwLpLNy_RP3mHF0LNUQyw5m65qsSETc6uvR4R66EpYMeZ0d-e0FNzFRvoum2lVOrEGnMHFs9SvdL2teT8-FUEw5OyGi4msQ4R3i\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.royalbusinessbankusa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Safe Harbor <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <em>Certain matters set forth herein (including the exhibits hereto) constitute forward-looking statements relating to the Company\u2019s current business plans and expectations and our future financial position and operating results. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance and\/or achievements to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effectiveness of the Company<\/em>\u2019<em>s internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures<\/em>\u037e\u00a0<em>the potential for additional material weaknesses in the Company<\/em>\u2019<em>s internal controls over financial reporting or other potential control deficiencies of which the Company is not currently aware or which have not been detected;<\/em>\u00a0<em>business and economic conditions generally and in the financial services industry, nationally and within our current and future geographic markets, including the tight labor market, ineffective management of the United States (<\/em>\u201c<em>U.S.<\/em>\u201d<em>) federal budget or debt or turbulence or uncertainly in domestic of foreign financial markets\u037e\u00a0the strength of the U.S.\u00a0economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which we conduct operations\u037e our ability to attract and retain deposits and access other sources of liquidity; possible additional provisions for loan losses and charge-offs\u037e\u00a0credit risks of lending activities and deterioration in asset or credit quality\u037e\u00a0extensive laws and regulations and supervision that we are subject to, including potential supervisory action by bank supervisory authorities\u037e\u00a0increased costs of compliance and other risks associated with changes in regulation, including any amendments to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act\u037e\u00a0compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and other money laundering statutes and regulations\u037e\u00a0potential goodwill impairment\u037e\u00a0liquidity risk\u037e\u00a0fluctuations in interest rates\u037e\u00a0risks associated with acquisitions and the expansion of our business into new markets\u037e\u00a0inflation and deflation\u037e\u00a0real estate market conditions and the value of real estate collateral\u037e\u00a0environmental liabilities\u037e\u00a0our ability to compete with larger competitors\u037e\u00a0our ability to retain key personnel\u037e\u00a0successful management of reputational risk\u037e\u00a0severe weather, natural disasters, earthquakes, fires\u037e or other adverse external events could harm our business\u037e\u00a0geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, actions taken by the U.S.\u00a0or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and\/or military conflicts, including the conflicts\u00a0between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, which could impact business and economic conditions in the U.S.\u00a0and abroad\u037e\u00a0public health crises and pandemics, and their effects on the economic and business environments in which we operate, including our credit quality and business operations, as well as the impact on general economic and financial market conditions\u037e\u00a0general economic or business conditions in Asia, and other regions where the Bank has operations\u037e\u00a0failures, interruptions, or security breaches of our information systems\u037e\u00a0climate change, including any enhanced regulatory, compliance, credit and reputational risks and costs\u037e\u00a0cybersecurity threats and the cost of defending against them\u037e\u00a0our ability to adapt our systems to the expanding use of technology in banking\u037e\u00a0risk management processes and strategies\u037e\u00a0adverse results in legal proceedings\u037e\u00a0the impact of regulatory enforcement actions, if any\u037e\u00a0certain provisions in our charter and bylaws that may affect acquisition of the Company\u037e\u00a0changes in tax laws and regulations\u037e\u00a0the impact of governmental efforts to restructure the U.S. financial regulatory system\u037e\u00a0the impact of future or recent changes in the FDIC\u00a0insurance assessment rate and\u00a0the rules and regulations related to the calculation of the FDIC insurance assessments\u037e\u00a0the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices or accounting standards, as may be adopted from time-to-time by bank regulatory agencies, the SEC, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board\u00a0or other accounting standards setters, including Accounting Standards Update\u00a02016-13 (Topic 326, \u201cMeasurement of Current Losses on Financial Instruments, commonly referenced as the Current Expected Credit Losses Model, which changed how we estimate credit losses and may further increase the required level of our allowance for credit losses in future periods\u037e\u00a0market disruption and volatility\u037e\u00a0fluctuations in the Company\u2019s stock price\u037e\u00a0restrictions on dividends and other distributions by laws and regulations and by our regulators and our capital structure\u037e\u00a0issuances of preferred stock\u037e\u00a0our ability to raise additional capital, if needed, and the potential resulting dilution of interests of holders of our common stock\u037e\u00a0the soundness of other financial institutions; our ongoing relations with our various federal and state regulators, including the SEC, FDIC, FRB and DFPI; our success at managing the risks involved in the foregoing items and all other factors set forth in the Company\u2019s public reports, including its Annual Report as filed under Form 10-K\u00a0for the year ended December\u00a031, 2023, and particularly the discussion of risk factors within that document. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law. Any statements about future operating results, such as those concerning accretion and dilution to the Company\u2019s earnings or shareholders, are for illustrative purposes only, are not forecasts, and actual results may differ.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Lynn Hopkins, Chief Financial Officer<br \/>(657) 255-3282<br \/>lhopkins@rbbusa.com<br \/>Source: RBB Bancorp<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=OTMyMjMxNSM2NjQ2MDM0IzIwODczMjU=\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/NGM4OWU2NDItY2Q4Ny00NTk3LWE5OGUtZjk2MmU1N2QxMTZiLTEwOTg4OTY=\/tiny\/RBB-Bancorp.png\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; RBB Bancorp (the \u201cCompany\u201d) (NASDAQ:\u00a0RBB) is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2025, Mr. Johnny Lee, currently President and Chief Banking Officer of Royal Business Bank (the \u201cBank\u201d), will be appointed as President of the Company, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and a director of the Company and Bank. In addition, effective as of May 22, 2025, Mr. Lee will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Lee brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Company from various financial institutions, and the Company will continue to benefit and grow with his leadership. 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