CORINNA CHERIAN
Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel
City National Bank
Corinna Cherian is senior vice president and senior counsel at City National Bank, a Los Angeles-based financial institution with more than $50 billion in assets. In her role at City National Bank, Cherian advises the bank’s senior management on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and general corporate matters for various business units. She has significant experience advising boards of directors on board and committee operations, fiduciary duties, disclosure matters and the development of comprehensive securities and corporate governance compliance programs.
Over her seven years at City National Bank, Cherian has played a significant role in the bank’s strategic growth through her leadership and counsel on mergers and acquisitions. Among her major achievements has been serving as lead in-house counsel in City National Bank’s just-announced acquisition of FilmTrack.