Robert Dyck has been a banking executive in Southern California for 36 years. For the last 12 years he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of PacWest Bancorp and its banking subsidiary Pacific Western Bank. During this time he managed the acquisition and merger of 20 bank loan portfolios and the blending of 20 different credit cultures. He started his career as a commercial loan officer. In addition, he has held positions that included managing credit training programs, directing loan review departments and he served as a senior credit administrator in several community and regional banks,