Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(d) Election of Directors
On November 15, 2021, Hanmi Financial Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hanmi Bank (the "Bank"), announced
that the Boards of Directors of the Company and Bank had appointed Gloria J. Lee
to the Board of Directors of Company and Bank.
Ms. Lee has served as the Client Relations Partner for Rutan & Tucker, LLP, a
full-service law firm in California since 2014. She is the Chair of the firm's
Business Development Committee and is responsible for the strategic growth of
business development opportunities and the implementation of client relationship
initiatives for the firm. Before becoming the firm's Client Relations Partner,
Ms. Lee was a transactional real estate attorney from March 2011 through 2013
focused on the financing and development of commercial and residential
properties.
In April 2020, Ms. Lee co-founded Kwell Laboratories LLC, which is the exclusive
United States distributor and clinical trial sponsor for a leading South Korean
manufacturer of rapid diagnostic kits.
Ms. Lee serves on numerous non-profit boards, including the Board of Council of
Korean Americans. She recently served on the Board of the UC Berkeley Law School
Alumni Association and is a past Executive Board member of Asian Americans
Advancing Justice - Los Angeles and a past President of the Orange County Asian
American Bar Association.
In 2018, Ms. Lee was awarded the California National Minority Council Emerging
Diversity Leader Award for her contributions promoting diversity within the
legal profession and in 2017 was selected by the California Diversity Council as
one of Southern California's Most Powerful and Influential Women.
Ms. Lee is a received her B.A. and M.A., with distinction, from Stanford
University and received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley
School of Law.
Ms. Lee was appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and
the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Company.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Lee and any other
persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director. There are no family
relationships between Ms. Lee and any director, executive officer or any person
nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.
No information is required to be disclosed with respect to Ms. Lee pursuant to
Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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