Frank Abraham has been named executive vice president and head of Relationship Banking at Pacific Mercantile Bank.

Abraham previously served as senior vice president and interim regional manager of Pacific Mercantile Bank’s Beverly Hills Financial Center. As EVP/head of Relationship Banking, he will oversee the new business development efforts of the bank’s commercial banking team, leading the lending teams in the regional offices to meet their portfolio expansion goals.

Abraham’s banking career includes more than 30 years with Bank of America, where he steadily progressed to increased responsibilities in credit, treasury management, global trade and commercial banking. He completed his tenure at Bank of America as executive vice president and west division treasury sales manager, where he was responsible for delivering multiple sales solutions to commercial clients in the western U.S.

Earlier in his career at Bank of America, Abraham served as executive vice president in the areas of Trade Sales and Treasury/Trade Strategic Planning, where he was responsible for the execution of strategic initiatives for the Global Cash Management group and delivering trade credit solutions to commercial banking clients operating cross border.

“Frank has a long and successful track record of leading highly productive banking teams and developing commercial banking relationships,” said Tom Vertin, president and CEO of Pacific Mercantile Bank. “We believe his expertise in treasury management and trade credit solutions will strengthen our sales efforts and improve our ability to move up market and attract larger commercial banking clients.”