San Francisco, CA-headquartered Union Bank has
hired Melissa Gough as a regional director of its private bank unit.

Gough will manage private banking activities across the Central Coast,
working with wealth management teams in Montecito and in Santa
Barbara, Monterey and Ventura counties. Her
responsibilities include heading up teams focused on the financial needs of
high net worth individuals, non-profit organizations, business owners,
corporate executives and professional service firms.

Gough is based in Santa
Barbara and reports to senior vice president and Central Coast regional managing director Leo Hamill.

Prior to joining Union Bank, she was an executive director
and region manager at Morgan Stanley Private Bank, a managing director for the
private client group of First Republic Bank, and a vice president with Bank of
America Private Bank.