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Issuer:     CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK:        0000861842
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-032487
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cathay General Bancorp appoints Albert Sun as Chief Credit Officer; Mark H. Lee to retire
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- Mark H. Lee to retire as EVP and Chief Credit Officer effective after Dec 31, 2023; transition period ends ~Feb 28, 2024.
- Albert Sun, age 68, elected as new Chief Credit Officer effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Sun joined Cathay Bank in Sep 2023 as EVP Special Advisor; previously CCO at Piermont Bank, Grasshopper Bank, East West Bank.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure under Reg S-K Item 404(a).

Source:
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