Hanmi Financial appoints Kiho Choi to its Board of Directors

– USA, CA – Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC), the holding company for Hanmi Bank, today announced that Kiho Choi has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective April 2, 2018.

“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Kiho Choi to the Hanmi Board,” said Hanmi’s Chairman, Joseph K. Rho. “Kiho brings significant accounting and financial expertise, as well as extensive executive leadership experience to the Bank. Importantly, I believe Kiho’s strong relationships within the Korean American business community will be invaluable as we execute our plan to expand Hanmi’s market share and continue driving profitable growth.”

Mr. Choi has more than 30 years of assurance and business advisory experience and specializes in serving middle-market companies in banking, health care, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution. Mr. Choi is currently the managing partner and a founding partner of CKP, LLP, the largest Korean-American full-service accounting firm in the United States, providing services to private companies and U.S. subsidiaries of Korean companies. In addition, he also has extensive audit and consulting experience with several financial institutions. Mr. Choi has served as President of the Korean American CPA Society of Southern California and as an Advisory Member to Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency of Los Angeles. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) and a member of the California CPA Society. Mr. Choi was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Hope Bancorp, Inc. and Bank of Hope (formally known as BBCN Bancorp, Inc. and BBCN Bank, respectively). He is currently an independent director of the Board of Directors of Netlist, Inc., a publicly-traded information technology company. Mr. Choi earned his B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Chicago.

About Hanmi Financial Corporation

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Hanmi Financial Corporation owns Hanmi Bank, which serves multi-ethnic communities through its network of 40 full-service branches and 9 loan production offices in California, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Washington and Georgia. Hanmi Bank specializes in real estate, commercial, SBA and trade finance lending to small and middle market businesses.

For more information : http://www.hanmi.com

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