Chief Executive, Hanmi Financial Corp.

Under Lee’s leadership, Hanmi rounded out 2021 with a bullish fourth quarter report showing net income increased to $33.3 million from $26.6 million in the previous quarter. Lee told investors the quarter set record highs for loan production and met key metrics, noting “as we moved farther away from pandemic-related uncertainties, we were able to recover a good portion of our 2020 loan loss provisions as well as a sizable cash recovery from a first quarter 2020 loan charge-off.” In March, Hanmi was named by S&P Global Market Intelligence as one of the top-performing community banks in the United States.

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