Gateway First Bank promoted John Kim to CFO. Kim has served as Gateway’s chief investment officer since May 2020.
In this new role, Kim oversees all aspects of the company’s finance and accounting functions, including financial reporting, accounting operations, budgeting and forecasting, funding, deposit operations and asset liability management. Previously, Kim was responsible for all of Gateway’s capital markets and investment-related activities, including developing and executing investment, funding, secondary marketing strategies, servicing and treasury operations. In addition, Kim is also the CFO for the newly created Gateway Servco, which is under Gateway First Bancorp.
Kim is an accomplished financial services executive with almost 30 years of financial industry experience. He has served as president of Ocwen Mortgage Servicing and Morgan Stanley, U.S. residential in addition to managing capital markets and investment departments for financial institutions in banking, mortgage originations and investment management. Kim also spent two years working with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
“Gateway is extremely fortunate to have someone of John’s caliber and financial expertise already a part of Gateway’s Executive Team,” Scott Gesell, CEO of Gateway, said. “He has easily stepped into another role without missing a beat, and I’m excited to continue to work alongside him.”
