First Choice Bancorp the holding company for First Choice Bank (the “Bank”), announced the following officer appointments at the Company and Bank: Robert M. Franko, currently President and CEO of First Choice Bank and First Choice Bancorp, has also been appointed the Chief Financial Officer of First Choice Bancorp. Mr. Franko started his career in Southern California as the Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Bank and Imperial Bancorp, an NYSE listed company, prior to its sale to Comerica. Mag Wangsuwana, currently the Treasurer of the First Choice Bank, has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the First Choice Bank.

Diana Hanson, currently the Chief Accounting Officer of First Choice Bank and First Choice Bancorp, will remain as the “principal financial officer” since her appointment as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, and will, in her capacity as the “principal financial officer” of the Company, continue to provide the certifications required by Rule 13A-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in the Company's annual and quarterly reports as will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.