---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-21-014752"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BANC"
cik: "0001169770"
company_name: "BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:30:03.015159+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banc of California appoints Diana Hanson as CAO, replacing Mike Smith effective Aug 16, 2021

## Summary
- Diana Hanson named SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 16, 2021.
- She succeeds Mike Smith, who resigned effective August 6, 2021.
- Hanson previously served as SVP and CAO at First Choice Bancorp since 2019.
- Compensation: base salary $270,000, target bonus up to 42%, sign-on bonus $50,000, RSU grant $135,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-21-014752
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BANC
- cik: 0001169770
- company_name: BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021014752/0001628280-21-014752-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021014752/banc-20210723.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-21-014752.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Diana Hanson was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: announced the appointment of Diana Hanson, age 52, as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 16, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021014752/0001628280-21-014752-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mike Smith resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Ms. Hanson succeeds Mike Smith who resigned from the Company effective August 6, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1169770/000162828021014752/0001628280-21-014752-index.htm

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