Pacific Capital Bancorp, a community bank holding company (parent to local bank Santa Barbara Bank and Trust), announced December 28 it is expanding its Executive Team with the addition of four key senior executives. Mike Walker and Ken Shannon have joined the Bank as Executive Vice Presidents and will report directly to Carl B. Webb, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank. Scott Givans, Executive Vice President, will report directly to Ken Shannon and Keith Wilton, Executive Vice President, will report directly to Mike Walker.
Walker is the Chief Lending Officer. Prior to joining the Bank, he was a consultant for the Ford Banking Group on potential bank acquisitions. Before that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Real Estate Group directing the national lending and portfolio management operations for Citibank. Prior to California Federal Bank’s acquisition by Citibank in 2002, he was Executive Vice President of Commercial Real Estate for California Federal Bank. Walker received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from North Texas State University and completed post-graduate studies in real estate at Southern Methodist University.
Shannon is the Chief Risk Officer. Prior to joining the Bank, he held the position of Chief Risk/Credit Officer for Greater Bay Bancorp in San Francisco, a $7 billion institution that was comprised of 11 community banks, several specialty finance companies, and a large insurance brokerage business. He was responsible for all credit functions, special asset workout, internal audit, compliance and enterprise risk management. Before that, Shannon was with California Federal Bank where he spent ten years in various credit management positions, including Director of Credit Policy and Chief Credit Officer. He received his B.A. degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and his M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.