Pacific Mercantile Bancorp announced the appointment of Manish Dutta to the board of directors of both Pacific Mercantile Bancorp and Pacific Mercantile Bank. Mr. Dutta has over 22 years of experience in the investment management industry, with a focus on business operations, technology, strategic planning and implementing complex and scalable solutions. Mr. Dutta is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Ledger Technologies. Prior to founding Alpha Ledger Technologies, Mr. Dutta spent 20 years with PIMCO where he most recently was a Senior Vice President and Senior Manager, managing various teams of developers, analysts and consultants supporting PIMCO’s global client facing operations, business operations and strategic initiatives for the executive office. Mr. Dutta was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Company Board, and was appointed to serve on the Finance and Risk Committee, and Audit Committee of the Bank Board.