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Victor R. “Vic” Santoro
PacWest Bancorp - September 2003 to June 2016
• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer through August 2015
• Vice Chairman, Corporate Development August 2015 to Present
• Executive Vice President and Director, Pacific Western Bank
• Chairman, Asset and Liability Committee, Pacific Western Bank
• Major responsibilities
o Internal and external financial reporting
o Asset and liability management
o Merger and acquisition analysis, negotiation and integration
o Regulatory relationships
o Capital raises
• Significant accomplishments
o Managed and integrated 17 acquisitions, including 3 commercial finance
companies, 1 leasing company and 2 FDIC-assisted bank acquisitions
o Redesigned monthly and quarterly financial reporting formats
o Accelerated monthly internal and quarterly external financial reporting
o Reviewed, designed and implemented financial reporting internal controls
to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and SEC rules and
regulations
KPMG LLP (formerly Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co) - October 1969 to August
2003
• New York office - 1969 to 1978
• Boston office - 1978 to 1996
• Los Angeles office - 1996 to 2000
• San Francisco office - 2000 to 2003
• Retired in August 2003
• KPMG career milestones
o Admitted to partnership in 1980
o Associate SEC Reviewing partner in 1989
o SEC Reviewing partner in 1993
• Leadership positions
o Partner in charge (PIC) Boston office financial institutions practice
o PIC New England financial services practice
o Boston office Professional Practice Partner
o New England Area Risk Management Partner
o San Francisco Business Unit Professional Practice Partner
o Western Area Risk Management Partner
• Major clients served while a partner with KPMG
o American Savings Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii
o Bay View Capital Corporation, San Mateo, California
o Golden State Bancorp Inc. (CalFed), San Francisco, California
o Imperial Credit Industries, Inc., Torrance, California
o Western Bancorp, Los Angeles, California
o Fleet Financial Group, Boston, Massachusetts
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Education and Professional Matters
• St. Francis College, New York City, Bachelor of Business Administration, 1969
• Retired Certified Public Accountant in California. Formerly held CPA licenses in
New York, Massachusetts and Hawaii.
Clubs and Activities
• Member, The Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, California
• Member, Finance and Human Resources Committee, The Jonathan Club
• Past Member, St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, California
References
Caspar Bentinck
Managing Director
Sandler O’Neill + Partners
San Francisco, California
(415) 900-4444
Patrick D. Kinsella
Retired Partner, KPMG
Malibu, California
(310) 456-0402
Timothy B. Matz, Esq.
Partner
Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan LLP
Washington, DC
(202) 347-0300
Matthew P. Wagner
Chief Executive Officer
PacWest Bancorp and Pacific Western Bank
Beverly Hills, California
(310) 887-8520
Contact Information
Cell: (310) 869-7005
vic@dianeandvic.com
Residence: Carefree, Arizona