Hanmi Financial opened two new loan production offices in New York and Georgia. With the addition of these locations, Hanmi now has a total of six LPOs serving customers nationwide.

Chris Hwang, SVP and New York corporate banking LPO manager, will lead the New York LPO. The New York LPO will focus on middle market and C&I loans. Hwang joined the Hanmi team in January 2015 and has more than 25 years of experience in community banking, serving in several senior level banking/relationship management roles at East West Bank, TD Bank, Flushing Bank, Korea First Bank, and Long Island Savings Bank.

A new LPO has also been opened at Duluth, GA. James Lee, FVP and Georgia LPO manager, will lead the Georgia LPO, which will focus on SBA loans. Lee, who joined Hanmi in January 2015, has a decade of experience in mortgage, commercial, and SBA lending, having served as a LPO manager at Wilshire Bank and in loan officer roles at JS Capital Group and Centro Mortgage.