City National Bank

Brian Fitzmaurice is executive vice president and chief credit officer of City National Bank, and oversees credit policy, administration and special assets. He also is a member of the bank's Executive Committee. Mr. Fitzmaurice has more than 20 years of credit and risk management experience, and he has worked in California for more than half of that time. He joined City National in February 2006 from Citibank in Southern California. There, he was a senior risk manager, responsible for Citibank’s middle-market credit risk management in California and throughout the nation. Prior to that, he was chief credit officer of commercial banking for four years at California Federal Bank. Cal Fed was purchased by Citigroup in 2002. In 1991, Mr. Fitzmaurice went to work for Michigan National Bank (a subsidiary of National Australia Bank). He held various business line and credit positions prior to serving as head of credit bureau (the equivalent of chief credit officer) from 1996 to 1998. From 1986 to 1991, Mr. Fitzmaurice held various management-level credit positions with Citicorp, Merabank FSB and Westinghouse Credit Corporation. Mr. Fitzmaurice began his career as a relationship manager for Bank of America in Concord, Calif., where he worked from 1983 to 1985. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

John Beale is executive vice president and chief information officer at City National Bank, where he manages the company’s Information Services and Call Center divisions. He also is a member of City National’s Executive Committee and chair of the Information Technology Steering Committee and Capital Investment Committee. During his tenure at the bank, Mr. Beale has spearheaded the evolution of the bank’s technology, eCommerce, call center, information security and business continuity capabilities, making City National an industry leader. Before joining the bank, Mr. Beale was executive vice president and principal with CAST Management Consultants, and was responsible for the international consulting firm’s information technology practice. Before that, he was a senior manager at Price Waterhouse’s Management Consulting Group and vice president and manager of First Interstate Bank’s wholesale systems group. Mr. Beale began his career on Wall Street as a financial analyst in Citibank’s Money Market division. He has more than 20 years of experience in the banking and technology industries. Mr. Beale is a patron of the Artists for the Arts Foundation. He currently works with numerous other community groups, and previously served on the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Southern California. In addition, he is one of the principal authors of a book entitled “IT Roadmaps for Success,” published by Aspatore Books, and published “Changing Behavior Through IT” on Executive Blueprints. Mr. Beale currently serves on the Governing Body for the Southern California CIO Executive Summit. He is a former member of the editorial advisory board for Bank Technology News, and a current member of the Banking Services Roundtable. He also has been elected to the “Who’s Who of Worldwide Business Leaders.”

John Pedersen is executive vice president and senior risk management officer of City National Bank and its parent company, City National Corporation. In this position, Mr. Pedersen oversees the company’s risk management division, which includes the functions of enterprise-wide risk management (ERM), internal audit and credit risk review. Mr. Pedersen chairs the company’s Risk Council, an advisory body to staff and management that helps assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the corporation’s risk management policies and procedures. As a member of City National’s Executive Committee, he advises senior management on risk management issues and serves as the company’s primary liaison with federal banking regulators. Mr. Pedersen joined City National in 2004 as its chief credit risk review officer, bringing with him more than two decades of banking and regulatory experience. Mr. Pedersen began his professional career as a regulator. His regulatory experience included examiner and management positions with the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision. In 1990, Mr. Pedersen moved to the commercial banking sector, where he worked in various capacities for several financial institutions, including First Interstate Bancorp and KeyCorp. Mr. Pedersen came to City National Bank from Wachovia Bank, where he was responsible for risk management, special assets, portfolio management and credit risk review as the chief risk officer for Wachovia Small Business Capital. Active in the community, Mr. Pedersen serves on the board of the Downtown Ketchum YMCA of Greater Los Angeles. Additionally, he is involved with various philanthropic organizations that facilitate the micro-financing of small business entrepreneurs in developing countries. A resident of Los Angeles, Mr. Pedersen received his bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

Mike Cahill is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of City National Bank and City National Corporation, where he oversees the Corporation's Legal & Compliance Division. He is executive sponsor and chair of the bank's Compliance Committee, and also is a member of the bank's Executive Committee, Disclosure Committee, Risk Council, Benefits Committee, Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, and Senior Operations Risk Committee, among others. Mr. Cahill joined City National in June 2001 with broad experience in financial services, securities, mergers & acquisitions, commercial transactions, risk management, technology, capital formation and strategic planning, among other areas. From 1997 through 2001, he served as CEO of various subsidiaries of Avista Corporation, located in Washington state. Before that, Mr. Cahill worked at First Interstate Bancorp for 13 years, where he served as executive vice president and group general counsel responsible for legal matters related to various international, capital markets, merger & acquisition, as well as company-wide litigation, bankruptcy and problem-loan activities. He also served as executive vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer for First Interstate Bank's Texas affiliate in Houston, and previously spent four years in private law practice in Los Angeles. Mr. Cahill is a member of the California and Washington state bar associations, and is active in supporting fundraising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and serves on their Los Angeles chapter board. He also serves on the board of directors of the California Bankers Association. Mr. Cahill is a frequent speaker at seminars on the subjects of banking, securities laws, corporate governance, compliance and related topics.

George Benter is vice chairman of City National Bank and a member of its Executive Committee, focusing on key client retention, business development, community relations and colleague development. In January 2009, he was named Los Angeles Regional Executive and assumed additional responsibility for coordinating the bank’s client service, business development, marketing, and expansion efforts throughout greater Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Prior to being named vice chairman in May 2005, Mr. Benter served for 13 years as City National’s president and chief operating officer, leading the company’s regional banking centers, including its private and commercial banking offices, as well as its core banking, entertainment, real estate, structured finance and human resources divisions. Mr. Benter is a long-time California banking industry leader. Before joining City National Bank in 1992, he was with Security Pacific National Bank for 27 years. He was named vice chairman in 1989, after spearheading Security Pacific’s commercial, middle-market and real-estate banking activities. He also was the bank’s chief credit officer from 1981 through 1984. Mr. Benter is a graduate of San Diego State University. He received his master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to his duties with City National Bank, Mr. Benter serves on the boards of directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall Los Angeles. He is active in civic and philanthropic affairs as well, sitting on the boards of trustees and various committees for both the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles and the Hospital of the Good Samaritan.

Peter M. Thomas is Managing Partner of the Thomas & Mack Co., a Commercial Real Estate Development Company. Thomas previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Bank of America, Nevada headquartered in Las Vegas. Prior to his appointment to Bank of America Nevada, Thomas had served since 1982 as President and Chief Operating Officer of Valley Bank of Nevada. BankAmerica acquired Valley Capital Corporation, the parent company of Valley Bank, in 1992. A native Nevadan, Thomas received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Utah in 1972 and a Law Degree from Georgetown University's Law Center (Juris Doctor) in 1975. He is currently a member of the Nevada, Utah and District of Columbia Bar Associations.