Sunflower Bank Announces Expansion in Southern California With Hiring of Regional President James Canepa and Experienced Commercial Banking Teams
May 02 2024 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Sunflower Bank is pleased to announce that it has hired four
experienced commercial banking teams in Southern California.
Southern California’s commercial banking market will be the largest
market for Sunflower Bank and provides an opportunity to continue
the expansion of its relationship banking model for middle market
clients. James Canepa joined Sunflower Bank in April 2024 to lead
the new teams as Executive Vice President & Regional President.
In this role, Canepa is responsible for the strategy, management
and growth of Sunflower Bank’s commercial banking, private banking
and wealth management services in greater Los Angeles, Riverside,
San Bernadino, Orange and San Diego Counties. Sunflower Bank is a
$7.8 billion bank with a model of delivering relationship-driven,
local decision-making with large bank solutions to locations
throughout Texas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Arizona.
“We are very excited to bring on this experienced team of
commercial bankers and for the opportunity they provide to build
new client and business relationships in Southern California. James
Canepa and his leadership team spent their careers building their
relationships in this region and they bring a client service
passion that we love. We look forward to working with this team to
make an impact in this region for Sunflower Bank,” said Neal
Arnold, CEO and President of Sunflower Bank.
Canepa brings over 25 years of banking experience that includes
commercial banking, private banking and wealth management. His most
recent roles involved developing and overseeing California-wide
banking teams for regional banks. The Sunflower Bank Southern
California Region led by Canepa is already operational and is
comprised of commercial relationship managers, credit and portfolio
managers, and commercial support associates.
“My team and I are thrilled to join Sunflower Bank together and
bring our great teamwork and market intelligence to this stellar
organization. We look forward to complementing our commitment to
providing best-in-class relationship management with the robust
commercial and private banking services that Sunflower Bank has to
offer. The combination is a perfect fit for all our Southern
California communities and we’ve already seen a great response from
our networks,” added Canepa.
Four commercial offices are being established in Southern
California to support the following organizational structure with
plans for future growth:
- David Alterman is Senior Vice President & Managing Group
Director leading the Greater Los Angeles market serving areas
including LA City proper and the San Fernando Valley
- Cathie Wachter is Senior Vice President & Managing Group
Director leading the West Los Angeles market specializing in family
offices and the entertainment industry
- Ernesto Arredondo Jr. and Stephen Clark are both Senior Vice
President & Co-Managing Group Directors jointly leading the
Orange County and San Diego markets
- Kenneth Hernandez is Senior Vice President & Managing Group
Director leading the Inland Empire market covering San Bernadino
and Riverside Counties
- Keith Budoff is Senior Vice President & Regional Senior
Credit Administrator for the Southern California Region responsible
for implementing Sunflower Bank’s locally-driven decision-making
credit model
Sunflower Bank has a regional structure that the Southern
California Region can access to provide its clients with specialty
lines of business including treasury management; asset-based
lending; public finance; technology, media and telecommunications
and other industry-specific financing; private banking and wealth
management services; and mortgage capabilities in 43 states through
its Guardian Mortgage division.
About Sunflower Bank, N.A.
Operating as Sunflower Bank, First National 1870 and Guardian
Mortgage, Sunflower Bank, N.A. provides financial solutions to the
individual communities it serves. With $7.8 billion in assets as of
March 31, 2024, headquarters in Dallas, TX, bank locations in five
states, and mortgage capabilities in 43 states, Sunflower Bank,
N.A. provides a full range of relationship-focused services to meet
personal, business and wealth management financial objectives.
Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. First National 1870 and Guardian
Mortgage are divisions of Sunflower Bank, N.A. To learn more visit
SunflowerBank.com, FirstNational1870.com or
GuardianMortgageOnline.com.
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