Family Office
First Republic Bank hires HNW relationship manager
Roxana Babaei to concentrate on private clients in the Silicon
Valley area. San Francisco-based private bank First Republic has
hired Roxana Babaei as a Palo Alto, Calif.-based relationship
manager. She'll work with the bank's high-net-worth individuals
and families on and around the southern end of San Francisco
Bay.
Shared commitment
"Roxana Babaei knows the South Bay very well and will be a
terrific addition to the team as we continue to expand in the
Silicon Valley and Peninsula," says Katherine August-deWilde,
First Republic's COO. "Roxana shares our commitment to
exceptional client service."
Babaei comes to First Republic from Silicon Valley Bank in Santa
Clara, Calif. Before that she worked for Detroit-based Comerica
Bank in Palo Alto and in nearby San Jose, Calif.
First Republic has also hired Rafael Rosenkranz, formerly a v.p.
at Union Bank of California, as a private-banking relationship
manager in Los Angeles.
Last month First Republic made former U.S. Trust executive
Michelle Watson director of research for its Wealth Advisors
group.
Merrill Lynch is in the process of acquiring First Republic.
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