Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 31, 2003

Anthony Tang – Cathay Bancorp Inc

ANTHONY MONG-FAI TANG has been Chief Financial Officer of Cathay Bancorp, Inc., and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Cathay Bank since May 1994. From 1986 to 1994, he was CFO of Cathay Bancorp and Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Cathay Bank. Mr. Tang was Vice President and Manager of the Monterey Park branch of Cathay Bank from 1981 to 1986 and from 1979 to 1981, he was Assistant Vice President and a Commercial Loan Officer. From 1978 to 1979, he was involved in commercial banking administration with Crocker National Bank and from 1976 to 1978, he was an Assistant Cashier in the Multinational Division of Lloyds Bank California. Mr. Tang attended the Pacific Coast Banking School and the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business. He holds a BS in Business Administration with a major in International Finance and is a member of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce. Profile
TWST: Would you start us off with a brief summary of Cathay Bank?

Mr. Tang: Cathay Bank was founded in 1962. We are headquartered

in Los Angeles and we have 24 branches in three