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Jeannie Kao, a resident of Cupertino, California, is Senior Vice President and Manager of the International Banking Group at Bridge Bank. The International Banking Group will compliment our current product offerings by providing a full array of International Banking Products and Services including Letters of Credit, Foreign Exchange, Global Cash Management as well as financing programs for export-related receivables and inventory.
Prior to joining Bridge Bank, Ms. Kao was the Senior Vice President and Manager of International Credit Products for Silicon Valley Bank. There, she managed and grew their EXIM Working Capital portfolio from an insignificant participant in this program to the Nation's No. 1 position both in number of deals and total commitment amount in FY2003. From 1999 to 2004 in the International Division, she obtained EXIM Bank's Super Delegated Authority Lender Status, making this bank one of the nine identified Fast Track Lenders nationwide with an active portfolio of approximately $180 million. She was instrumental to the risk management and growth of other International products and services.
Prior to becoming Silicon Valley Bank's Manager of International Credit Products, Ms. Kao held various banking and financial positions including Relationship Manager with Silicon Valley Bank's Pac Rim Group and Financial Consultant of Merrill Lynch. She started her banking career with General Bank of California in 1994.
Ms. Kao has two Master Degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Finance and Applied Math. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Finance from National Taiwan University and speaks fluent Mandarin and Taiwanese. | 