Banc of California, Inc. announced the appointment of Diana Hanson as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective August 16, 2021. Ms. Hanson succeeds Mike Smith who resigned from the Company effective August 6, 2021. She will be based in Santa Ana and report to Lynn Hopkins, Executive Vice President and CFO. Ms. Hanson has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services and community banking industry. She joins the Bank most recently from First Choice Bancorp, where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since 2019.