Succeeding to Ms. Min Kim as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank effective July 2025, Mr. Oh served Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer In Transit of the Company and the Bank from August 2024 to June 2025. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company and the Bank since October 2020 . Mr. Oh has over 25 years of banking experience, all with Bank of Hope, Los Angeles, California. Prior to the Bank, he served as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Administrator at Bank of Hope since 2007 and served in various senior lending positions with Bank of Hope since 1997. Mr. Oh has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics with a Minor in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School. 

Ms. Oh was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank in March 2025. Ms. Oh has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank since July 2010 and of the Company since its formation in March 2016. Ms. Oh has over 34 years of banking experience. Prior to joining the Bank, from January 2010 to July 2010 she served as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Nara Bancorp and Nara Bank (now Bank of Hope and Hope Bancorp Inc), headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Prior to assuming those positions, Ms. Oh served as Senior Vice President and Controller of Nara Bancorp and Nara Bank. Ms. Oh served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Nara Bancorp and Nara Bank from March 2005 to July 2005. She joined Nara Bank in 1993. Prior to joining Nara Bank, Ms. Oh was a credit analyst at Center Bank where she started her banking in 1991. She has been serving as a director at Korean-American Family Services, a non-profit organization since 2014. Ms. Oh has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Northridge.

Mr. Bang was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of the Bank in March 2025. He had served as Senior Vice President and Lending Manager of the Bank since he joined in August 2021. Prior to joining the Bank, he served in various leadership positions at Nara Bank (now Bank of Hope), Countrywide Home Loans, and California Bank & Trust, expanding over 25 years of banking experience. Mr. Bang holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and International Business from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School and has completed the Executive Leadership Certificate from University of Washington Foster School of Business.

Mr. Pak, age 54, previously served as Senior Vice President and District Manager at Bank of Hope from July 2022 until his departure in December 2024. Prior to that he had served in various executive roles at Commonwealth Business Bank since June 2015, including, most recently, as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer from June 2020 to June 2022. Mr. Pak has more than 20 years of banking experience in community banks throughout the greater Los Angeles area, and has a Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Park joined the Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer in June 2022, bringing with him two decades of banking experience and specialized expertise in regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering/bank secrecy act, Community Reinvestment Act, and risk management. Prior to his current role, Mr. Park served as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Sunwest Bank and EVP/Chief Compliance Officer at First Choice Bank. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington and has completed the Executive Leadership Training from University of Washington Foster School of Business Executive Education, as well as the Pacific Coast Banking School. Mr. Park's professional credentials include Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Advanced AML Audit Specialist (CAMS-Audit), Certified AML and Fraud Professional (CAFP), and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Mr. Park was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank in March 2025. Mr. Park had served as Senior Vice President and Controller of the Company and the Bank since he joined the Bank in June 2014. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Park had served various roles in finance areas at Nara Bank (now Bank of Hope), headquartered in Los Angeles, California since April 2005. Mr. Park holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Korea University, South Korea, a Master of Science in Finance and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Won was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in March 2025. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since April 2022 and has been with the Bank since September 2010, initially joining as MIS Manager.  With over two decades of experience in financial technology and operations, Mr. Won held various leadership roles in Information Technology at Hanmi Bank from 2001 to 2009 and at Nara Bank (now Bank of Hope) from 1996 to 2009. Before his banking career, he honorably served in the U.S. Marine Corps.  Mr. Won holds a Master of Business Administration from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.