East West Bancorp, Inc., parent company of East West Bank, announced two key appointments to its executive leadership team effective. With the retirement of the Company?s current Chief Risk Officer (CRO), Irene Oh, previously East West?s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will assume the role of Executive Vice President and CRO. Oh remains a member of the Company?s executive leadership team reporting to Ng. She joined East West in 2004 and was the Company?s CFO for over 13 years. Succeeding Oh is Christopher Del Moral-Niles, who joins East West as the Company?s next Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Del Moral-Niles will also serve as a member of the Company?s executive leadership team reporting to Ng and will be based in Pasadena.
Del Moral-Niles brings 30 years? experience in banking. Most recently, he served as the CFO for Associated Banc-Corp, a position he held for a decade. Prior to Associated, Chris served as the Corporate Treasurer for First American (FAF) and as President of First American Trust. Before that, he served as a Senior Vice President and Director of Liability Management for Union Bank. Earlier in his career, Chris worked as an investment banker at both Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers.