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Ms. Lee has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2019. Prior to her promotion to Chief Executive Officer, she served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hanmi and Hanmi Bank since 2013. She was promoted to serve as our President in June 2018. Previously, she was the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of BBCN Bank and BBCN Bancorp, Inc., where she was named Acting President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2013 to April 2013 and led an Executive Council carrying out the duties of the Chief Executive Officer during a management transition period at BBCN Bank. Prior to this, Ms. Lee served as director and Regional President of the Western Region for Shinhan Bank America from September 2008 to March 2009. Prior to joining Shinhan Bank America, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at Nara Bank from April 2005 to September 2008, and as a member of the Office of the President from March 2006 to September 2008. Ms. Lee earned her B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed an executive program in corporate strategy from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Santarosa has served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hanmi and Hanmi Bank since November 2015, after joining in June 2015, and brings more than 30 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. Prior to his tenure with Hanmi and Hanmi Bank, he held executive leadership positions in several West Coast and East Coast financial institutions. Mr. Santarosa is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in New York and Connecticut, was an Audit Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse and earned his B.S. degree in accounting with a minor in mathematics from Ithaca College. Mr. Santarosa serves as chairman for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission and as a director and chairman of the Audit Committee for the Greater Los Angeles Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Kim has served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer since April 2023; previously he was Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer since January 2020. He joined Hanmi Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer in September 2013, and served in that capacity until his promotion. Prior to his tenure with Hanmi Bank, he was Senior Vice President and District Manager at BBCN Bank for five years. Mr. Kim has over 25 years of banking experience, with significant expertise in commercial and retail banking. Mr. Kim earned his B.A. degree in business administration from California State University and is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School.

Mr. Fuhr has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Hanmi Bank since April 2023. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Administration Officer of Hanmi Bank since March 2017, and Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Credit Officer from June 2015 until his promotion. Prior to his tenure with Hanmi Bank, he was Senior Vice President and Credit Administrator at Pacific Western Bank for 13 years. Earlier in his career, Mr. Fuhr served as a Commissioned Bank Examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Mr. Fuhr earned his B.A. degree in business administration with emphasis in finance from the University of Northern Colorado.

Mr. Du has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since April 2024. Previously he was Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since joining Hanmi Bank in November 2019. He previously served as the Director of Internal Audit for Pacific Western Bank from June 2017 to November 2019 and Vice President of Risk Management for Unify Federal Financial Credit Union from May 2015 to June 2017. Mr. Du served in the United States Air Force/Reserves for over 25 years, and retired with the rank of Command Chief Master Sergeant. Mr. Du serves as a member of the California Bankers Association's Federal and State Government Relations Committees. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds certifications in multiple risk and audit disciplines. Mr. Du earned his B.S. degree in accounting and a M.S. in business administration from California State universities, and completed an executive management program at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mr. Ahn brings more than 30 years of experience in capital markets and financial advisory services to Hanmi. He is currently the founder and Chief Executive Officer of WhiteHawk Capital Partners, a middle market direct lending fund and SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Prior to his role at WhiteHawk, Mr. Ahn served as Chief Executive Officer of Great American Capital Partners, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor that originated and underwrote senior secured loans across a wide array of industries from 2015 to 2020. From 2004 to 2015, Mr. Ahn served as President of B. Riley & Co., a full-service investment banking firm providing corporate finance, research, sales and trading services, and asset management to corporate and institutional clients. Prior to joining B. Riley, Mr. Ahn held numerous leadership positions in the investment banking and sales and trading sectors. Mr. Ahn earned his B.A. degree in economics from Williams College.

Mr. Rosenblum is retired and is a former Senior Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP (1979 to 2013), where he was the National Managing Director of Consulting Corporate Development and a key leader of the Strategy & Operations practice. Mr. Rosenblum is a member of Sage Partners, LLC, a strategic advisory firm, and is also an operating partner of Interlock Equity LP, a private equity firm focused on mid- and lower-mid market businesses, including technology services and healthcare firms. Mr. Rosenblum currently is a board member of Apply Digital, an Interlock Equity portfolio company. He is also a director of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, where he chairs the Finance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee. He is Chair-Emeritus of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and previously served on the board of Deloitte Consulting, LLP and as a trustee of Wesleyan University. Mr. Rosenblum earned his B.A. degree in economics from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. degree in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Williams brings over 30 years of experience in bank regulation and the broader banking industry. Specifically, Mr. Williams brings extensive experience across a broad range of risk and lending activities. Prior to his retirement in May 2015, Mr. Williams served as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at BofI Federal Bank, overseeing all risk and control-related functions. Before that role, he served as Executive Director of Commercial Credit Review at Capital One and Director of Regulatory Relations at Silicon Valley Bank. Earlier in his career, Mr. Williams spent five years as Principal Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and ten years as a National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. Williams earned his B.S. degree in economics from the University of South Dakota.

Mr. Chung brings over 30 years of experience in capital markets and financial services. He has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of WhiteHawk Capital Partners since 2020. Mr. Chung served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Great American Capital Partners, LLC from 2017 to 2020. Prior to that role, Mr. Chung served as Chief Financial Officer of Breakwater Investment Management, a private investment firm based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in direct debt and equity investments in leading lower middle market growth companies. Mr. Chung also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Capital, a full-service investment bank offering comprehensive services to institutional investors and middle market companies. He also has held numerous leadership positions at Jefferies and Company, Inc., a global investment bank. Mr. Chung earned his B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ms. Chu has served as the founder, President and CEO of CKC Accountancy Corporation, a tax management and financial consulting firm since 1996. Ms. Chu brings over 30 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to CKC Accountancy Corporation, she was with KPMG, Ernst & Young, LLP, and Arthur Anderson & Co. She also served as a past President of the Korean American CPA Society of Southern California, where she has been a board member since 2004. Ms. Chu is a member and past Treasurer of the National Korean American Society of CPAs. She is also a current member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. She is a board member of the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, as well a board member of the Korean Senior & Community Center. Ms. Chu earned her B.A. degree in business and economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. She also completed the Director Education and Certification Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Mr. Marasco brings over 35 years of experience in commercial lending and financial services to the Company. In 2025, he retired from serving as the Head of Originations at Gibraltar Business Capital, a national middle market direct lender headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. He also was an independent director for Gibraltar from 2021 to 2023. From 2021 to 2022, Mr. Marasco was Strategic Advisor for Crescent Capital Group, L.P., a Los Angeles-based asset manager, which had over $40 billion in assets under management at that time. From 1989 to 2021, Mr. Marasco held numerous leadership positions in originations and capital markets at Wells Fargo Capital Finance, a division of Wells Fargo and Company. He was a member of its senior credit committee for its asset-based lending and specialty businesses and served on the company's administrative, management, and operating committees. Mr. Marasco also serves on the board of Great American Holdings LLC, as the chair of its compensation committee. Mr. Marasco earned his B.A. degree in accounting from Michigan State University.

Mr. Yu has over 30 years of experience as a finance executive, investor and advisor specializing in venture capital, technology and media companies. Mr. Yu is currently a co-owner and the former president of the San Francisco 49ers. Mr. Yu holds the distinction of being the first person of color to serve as President of any team in the history of the National Football League. Mr. Yu is also currently the Managing Partner of Series X Capital, a venture capital firm in partnership with Alphabet's Google X. Mr. Yu previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Facebook and YouTube. Mr. Yu was also a General Partner at Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies, where he led the firm's investment in Square, Inc., a leading fintech company, and was its first outside board member. Mr. Yu also held finance and strategy positions with Yahoo!, The Walt Disney Company, Hilton Hotels Corporation and DLJ. Mr. Yu currently serves on the Board of Directors of the PGA of America and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Mr. Yu earned his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University and received an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Lee has served as the Client Relations Partner for Rutan & Tucker, LLP, a full-service law firm in California, since 2014. She is the Chair of the firm's Business Development Committee and has originated over 200 institutional clients for the firm. Before taking on this role, Ms. Lee was a transactional real estate attorney from 2004 through 2013 at various Southern California firms, focused on representing borrowers and lenders on the financing of commercial real estate properties. In 2020, Ms. Lee co-founded Kwell Laboratories LLC, the exclusive United States distributor, manufacturer and clinical trial sponsor for a leading South Korean biotech company. Ms. Lee is a Venture Partner of Ethos Fund, a venture capital fund investing in pre-seed technology companies in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. Ms. Lee serves on numerous non-profit boards, including Asia Society of Southern California, Korean American Leaders in Hollywood, and Olive Crest, which supports families and children in crisis. She is a past national board member of the Council of Korean Americans, past Executive Board Member of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and past President of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association. Ms. Lee received her B.A. and M.A., with distinction, from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Ms. Ball brings more than 35 years of experience in corporate, commercial and private banking. She has extensive experience with loan syndications, global credit risk, credit administration, and lending experience in a variety of industries. Prior to her departure in 2024, Ms. Ball served as Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Credit Officer for City National Bank in Los Angeles, California. Before that role, she served as Senior Vice President and Division Credit Manager-Entertainment, from 2013 to 2022. She was a Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank from 2008 until 2013, and a Senior Vice President for Wachovia Bank from 2006 until 2008. Ms. Ball has also served as board chair for the Weingart Center Association and was a prior board president of the Jack Kramer Tennis Club. Ms. Ball earned her B.A. degree in economics from the University of California, Davis and her M.B.A. degree in finance from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Mr. Medici brings over 35 years of experience as a federal bank examiner assessing complex information technology (IT) environments and evaluating cybersecurity controls at the largest financial institutions and technology service providers. Before his retirement in 2025 from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, Mr. Medici served as Bank IT Lead Expert Risk Specialist overseeing IT and risk management practices for a portfolio of large and regional financial institutions. He is widely viewed as an expert in information technology, cybersecurity, and operational processes. Mr. Medici earned a B.A. degree in finance and a M.S. in management science from California State University, Fullerton. He holds several industry certifications including CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CRISC, and CompTIA Network+ and A+.

Mr. Pangrazio joined Hanmi Bank in October 2021. Before joining the Company, Mr. Pangrazio has held accounting and finance positions for various financial institutions for over 25 years, most recently serving as the Senior Manager, Vice President of Accounting Controls and Reporting for Bank of the West in San Francisco, California from April 2015 until July 2021. Mr. Pangrazio is a Certified Public Accountant and started his career working for Arthur Anderson for four years. Mr. Pangrazio earned his B.A. degree in business administration, accounting from California State University, Fullerton and his M.B.A. degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.