Virginia Commonwealth Bank has hired Bill Bien as senior vice president, Commercial Banking. In this role, Bien’s responsibility will be developing commercial banking relationships in the Richmond region by helping businesses increase their probability of success.

“We are pleased to welcome Bill to Virginia Commonwealth Bank,” said Randal R. Greene, president and CEO of Bay Banks of Virginia. “Bill’s extensive experience in commercial banking and leadership roles will further our growth trajectory and advance our commercial lending goals while achieving service excellence for our customers within the Richmond market.”

Bien joins Virginia Commonwealth Bank with 35 years of banking experience specializing in both retail and commercial banking in the Richmond region. Bien most recently served as senior vice president in commercial banking with Park Sterling Bank after spending more than 14 years with First Capital Bank, which Park Sterling Bank recently acquired.

“Virginia Commonwealth Bank continues to expand its team of seasoned professionals in the Richmond market. We are very selective in our hiring process as we want to maintain our vision of a true community bank and customer-focused service built on relationships of trust and integrity. We are fortunate to have someone of Bill’s caliber to join our commercial team,” said Gary Armstrong, chief executive officer, Richmond market executive.