---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-017580"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBB"
cik: "0001499422"
company_name: "RBB Bancorp"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T00:04:48.341459+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBB Bancorp appoints Johnny Lee as President and Chief Banking Officer effective June 15, 2023

## Summary
- Johnny Lee, former Senior Managing Director at East West Bank, brings 33 years of banking experience.
- Annual salary of $575,000; three-year employment agreement with automatic renewals and severance provisions.
- David Morris remains CEO; Lee's appointment does not involve any family relationships or reportable transactions.
- Press release issued June 15, 2023, announcing the leadership addition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-017580
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBB
- cik: 0001499422
- company_name: RBB Bancorp
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774923017580/0001437749-23-017580-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774923017580/rbb20230615_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-017580.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Johnny Lee was appointed as President and Chief Banking Officer at RBB Bancorp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Banking Officer
  source text: On June 9, 2023, RBB Bancorp (the “Company”) appointed Johnny Lee as President and Chief Banking Officer of the Company and the Company’s subsidiary, Royal Business Bank (the “Bank”), with such appointment effective June 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774923017580/0001437749-23-017580-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Morris changed role as Chief Executive Officer at RBB Bancorp.
  - Action: relinquished
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. David Morris will retain his current title of Chief Executive Officer, and relinquish the President title, of the Company and the Bank.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499422/000143774923017580/0001437749-23-017580-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.