Riverview Bancorp, as part of its multi-step leadership succession planning process, promoted several senior managers.
Daniel Cox was promoted to chief operating officer, effective immediately. Cox will also continue to serve as acting president and CEO. Cox has been a member of the executive management team since 2014 in the role of chief credit officer. In his new role, he will be responsible for the daily operations and management of the bank. Cox joined Riverview in August 2002, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief credit officer of the bank where he was responsible for the bank’s commercial credit and collection policies procedures and processes.
Robert Benke was promoted to executive vice president and chief credit officer. He will oversee all commercial credit and collection policies, procedures and processes of the bank. He most recently served as senior credit administrator, a position he has held since March 2016. Benke joined Riverview in July 2004 and spent five years as a commercial lender and progressed through the credit administration function starting in 2012 most recently serving as senior vice president of credit administration. He is responsible for credit administration related to the bank’s commercial and consumer loan activities.
Michael Sventek joined Riverview as executive vice president and chief lending officer of the bank. Sventek has more than 32 years of experience in community banking, having most recently served as commercial banking market director for Umpqua Bank. Prior to that, he served as commercial banking president for BBVA USA.
Sventek will replace Steven Plambeck, who will be retiring Sept. 1. Plambeck joined Riverview in 2011 and has held the positions of executive vice president and chief lending officer of the bank since March 2018.
“We have built a deep bench of experienced professionals over the years and continue to invest in our people to ensure the long-term success of the company. I am confident the bankers who are leading our organization are some of the best in the business and are adding value to our organization,” Gerald L. Nies, chairman of the board at Riverview, said.
