Lisa Kim Pai serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel of the Company. She was named Executive Vice President and General Counsel effective April 1, 2018, after having served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Hope Bancorp, Inc. and Bank of Hope, formerly known as BBCN Bancorp, Inc. and BBCN Bank, upon the merger of equals with Wilshire Bancorp, Inc. and Wilshire Bank, respectively. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Human Resources Officer and Corporate Secretary of Wilshire Bancorp and Wilshire Bank from December 2012. Prior to joining Wilshire, Ms. Pai served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer at BBCN Bancorp after the merger of Nara Bancorp and Center Financial Corporation in 2011. She also served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer at Center Financial Corporation from 2007 to 2011. Before joining the banking industry in 1994, Ms. Pai practiced law at the law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson and Bridges. She earned her B.A. in Economics from University of Chicago and her J.D. from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.
Lisa Pai is 60, she's been the Executive Vice President e General Counsel of Hope Bancorp Inc since 2018. There are 16 older and 16 younger executives at Hope Bancorp Inc. The oldest executive at Hope Bancorp Inc is Chung Hyun Lee, 78, who is the Independent Director.
Lisa's mailing address filed with the SEC is 3200 WILSHIRE BLVD. STE. 1400, , LOS ANGELES, CA, 90010.
Over the last 8 years, insiders at Hope Bancorp Inc have traded over $13,140,035 worth of Hope Bancorp Inc stock and bought 38,450 units worth $433,151 . The most active insiders traders include Steven Koh, Kevin Sung Kim, eDonald Byun. On average, Hope Bancorp Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 18 days with the average trade being worth of $129,959. The most recent stock trade was executed by Angelee Harris on 4 September 2024, trading 1,500 units of HOPE stock currently worth $18,720.
headquartered in los angeles, bank of hope has more than 35 years of history serving multi-ethnic customers across the united states. formed through the merger of bbcn bank and wilshire bank, bank of hope is the first and only super regional korean-american bank in the nation with more than $13 billion in total assets as of july 30, 2016. bank of hope operates 85 full-service branches in california, washington, texas, illinois, new york, new jersey, virginia, georgia and alabama. the bank also operates sba loan production offices in seattle, denver, dallas, atlanta, northern california, annandale, virginia, portland, oregon and fremont, california; residential mortgage loan production offices in california; and a representative office in seoul, korea. bank of hope specializes in core business banking products for small and medium-sized businesses, with an emphasis in commercial real estate and commercial lending, sba lending and international trade financing.
Hope Bancorp Inc executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: