Forge Global Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of James H. Herbert, II to its Board of Directors, effective as of April 12. Mr. Herbert was also appointed to the Compensation Committee. Mr. Herbert founded First Republic Bank in 1985, serving as its Chairman and CEO before being appointed Executive Chairman in 2022.

Previously, he was the founding CEO, President and a director of San Francisco Bancorp from 1980 to 1985. He served as the Federal Reserve's Twelfth District member of the Federal Advisory Council from 2018 to 2020 and was also a member of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Advisory Board. Mr. Herbert holds board/trustee positions with the San Francisco Ballet Association (formerly Chair); Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Executive Committee), New York; The BASIC Fund; and Forge.

He is also Founder and Board Chair of Chelsea Factory, a New York arts and cultural center. Mr. Herbert served as a trustee of Babson College from 2015 to 2021. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College in 1966 and his Master of Business Administration degree from New York University in 1969.