---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-21-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:47:41.707445+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp appoints Mary 'Mimi' Thigpen to Board effective August 1, 2021

## Summary
- Appointed to Board of Hope Bancorp and Bank of Hope effective August 1, 2021, increasing board size from 10 to 11.
- Ms. Thigpen, age 61, brings over 38 years of technology, cybersecurity, and data management experience; previously CEO of OpsDataStore and North Plains.
- She will serve on the Board Risk Committee and Audit Committee of both the Company and the Bank.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director arrangements as disclosed in the 2021 proxy statement.
- Also currently serves on the board of Globe Life (NYSE: GL) and privately held AchieveIt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-21-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836121000035/0001128361-21-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836121000035/hope-20210729.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-21-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary E. ("Mimi") Thigpen was appointed as Director at HOPE BANCORP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 29, 2021, Hope Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mary E. ("Mimi") Thigpen to the Board of Directors of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of Hope, effective August 1, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836121000035/0001128361-21-000035-index.htm

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