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Marie Hook Joins Bridge Bank
Veteran Construction Lender to Manage Bank’s Santa Clara County Construction Group
San Jose, CA – May 15, 2007 – Bridge Capital Holdings (NASDAQ: BBNK), whose subsidiary is Bridge Bank, National Association, one of the fastest-growing full-service business banks in California and the Nation, today announced that veteran construction banker Marie Hook has joined the Bank as Senior Vice President and Manager of its Santa Clara County Construction Group.
“Marie Hook is an industry leader with more than 30 years experience in construction and commercial real estate lending in the Bay Area,” said Timothy W. Boothe, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Bridge Bank. “In addition, Ms. Hook is well known within the real estate community for her ability to provide excellent service and innovative thinking to meet the needs of clients.”
Following a twenty-year tenure of progressively senior level positions at San Jose National Bank, Ms. Hook has also held senior lending and management positions at Heritage Bank of Commerce, and most recently with Pinnacle Bank.
Ms. Hook’s responsibilities will include oversight of risk management activities within the Construction Loan Group and coordination of the Bank's overall expansion and sales efforts to the construction sector of the South Bay Area.
“It is with great satisfaction I have joined a bank of the caliber of Bridge Bank,” said Ms. Hook. “The Bank’s core value of providing quality service to clients is a great foundation to becoming one of the region’s top business banks. I look forward to sharing this value with all of my clients.”
Bridge Bank's Construction Loan Division provides a variety of credit products including loans for land acquisition and development, owner-builder and speculative single-family residential construction, commercial property acquisition, building, build-to-suit, remodeling, and multi-family dwelling construction.
Bridge Bank, headquartered in Silicon Valley, has a presence in business markets throughout the U.S. The Bank operates full-service commercial banking offices in San Jose and Palo Alto, a commercial and SBA business office in Sacramento and one in the East Bay, a construction business office in Redwood City, a technology business office in Dallas, Texas, and Reston, Virginia, a Small Business Administration business office in Sacramento, and two Small Business Administration business offices in the Orange County and San Diego business markets.
About Bridge Capital Holdings
Bridge Capital Holdings is the holding company for Bridge Bank, National Association. Bridge Capital Holdings was formed on October 1, 2004 and is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the trading symbol BBNK. Visit Bridge Capital Holdings on the web at www.bridgecapitalholdings.com.
About Bridge Bank, N.A.
Bridge Bank, N.A. Bridge Bank, N.A. is Silicon Valley's full-service professional business bank. The bank is dedicated to meeting the financial needs of small, middle market, and emerging technology businesses. Bridge Bank provides its clients with a comprehensive package of business banking solutions delivered through experienced, professional bankers. Visit Bridge Bank on the web at www.bridgebank.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to the safe harbors created by that Act. Forward-looking statements describe future plans, strategies, and expectations, and are based on currently available information, expectations, assumptions, projections, and management’s judgment about the Bank, the banking industry and general economic conditions. These forward looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed, suggested or implied by the forward looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (1) competitive pressures in the banking industry; (2) changes in interest rate environment; (3) general economic conditions, nationally, regionally, and in operating markets; (4) changes in the regulatory environment; (5) changes in business conditions and inflation; (6) changes in securities markets; (7) future credit loss experience; (8) the ability to satisfy requirements related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulation on internal control; (9) civil disturbances or terrorist threats or acts, or apprehension about the possible future occurrences of acts of this type; and (10) the involvement of the United States in war or other hostilities.
The reader should refer to the more complete discussion of such risks in Bridge Capital Holdings reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q on file with the SEC.
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