A West Coast private bank has added a senior figure to its team, based out of San Francisco.

Palo Alto, CA-headquartered Avidbank Holdings, the parent of Avidbank, has appointed An Na Tran as senior vice president for private banking. She is based in its San Francisco production office.

Tran brings with her over 17 years of banking experience, most recently as managing director of Preferred Banking at First Republic Bank. Over the years, she has worked with the Preferred Banking Offices, Preferred Banking Client Services, and Preferred Banking. 

Avidbank specializes in commercial and industrial, technology lending, asset-based lending, specialty finance, real estate construction and commercial real estate lending, and real estate bridge financing.