Hanmi announced Romolo C. Santarosa was hired by the company and bank to serve as its SEVP, corporate finance and strategy. In this newly created position, Santarosa will oversee the company’s corporate strategy, financial planning and corporate development activities, while providing additional leadership and experience to the bank’s finance and accounting teams.

Most recently, since June 2013, Santarosa was EVP and COO at Opus Bank, where he was responsible for operational and support functions. Prior to this, Santarosa served as the SEVP, CFO and COO at First California Financial Group. Santarosa has more than 22 years of experience in banking and financial services. Over his career, he has been responsible for leading and directing growth strategies, cost reduction and process improvement initiatives, technology implementations and capital management.