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Leadership

Richard Wacker
President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard Wacker is the President & Chief Executive Officer of First Commercial Bank, N.A (USA). Rich joined FCBUSA in 2010 and leads the management team responsible for growing the bank’s business to better serve California’s retail and business customers. He also serves as a director of the bank.

Rich is active in our community. He serves on the board of Child Family Service (currently 1^st Vice Chair), the University of California Foundation, and the California Chapter of the American Red Cross.  He is also a member of the Board of Regents of Chaminade University.

Prior to joining First Commercial Bank, N.A (USA), Rich was Chairman of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), the fifth largest Korean commercial bank. He joined KEB in 2004 as Chief Operating Officer, was appointed President & CEO in 2005, and also held the position of Chairman of the Board from 2007 through 2010. Rich helped establish the KEB Foundation, the first social welfare organization in the Korean financial industry, and was the organization’s second Chairman. He was a director of Junior Achievement Korea and also served on the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea. In 2008, Rich was recognized as one of Korea’s “Most Respected CEOs.”

Rich also enjoyed a 20-year career with General Electric (GE) where he was a company officer and held a wide range of senior leadership positions in the United States and America, including Vice President of Corporate Investor Communications; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital's Card Services unit; General Manager of GE Capital’s audit staff; Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital Fleet Services-America and global product management positions with GE Medical Systems-America. He earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri.