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Lisa Kim Pai joined Center Financial Corporation in February 2007 as Executive Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In April 2007 Ms. Pai was also assigned concurrent duties in the newly created position of Chief Risk Officer responsible for managing all aspects of the Bank’s risk related matters including overseeing the special assets department and compliance and risk management. She brings to Center more than 15 years of experience in the legal profession primarily serving as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for leading financial institutions focused on the Korean-American community in the greater Los Angeles area. From 1994 to 2004 Ms. Pai was Senior Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Pacific Union Bank where she assisted in the bank’s termination of a BSA-related C&D Order oversaw the company’s initial public offering and managed the due diligence process for the acquisition by Hanmi Financial Corp. After the acquisition Ms. Pai joined the Hanmi management team in the same capacity and successfully directed the post-merger integration of the legal staff and functions. Most recently she represented Nara Bancorp as acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from June 2005 to October 2006. Ms. Pai is a member of the California State Bar and serves on the advisory boards of the Asian Pacific Alumni Association of University of California Los Angeles and the Korean American Bar Association where she previously was President. From 2001 to 2003 she served on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Ms. Pai earned her J.D. from University of California UCLA School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Chicago. | 