Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 2, 2004
Mark Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer of Capital Pacific Bancorp, has 25
years' experience in commercial banking, credit management and corporate finance
at US Bancorp and Security Pacific Bank. Most recently, he was Managing Director
of Debt Capital Markets for US Bancorp PiperJaffray, where he specialized in
providing high-quality capital structure advisory services to corporate clients.
While at PiperJaffray, Mr. Stevenson established a strong track record of
building highly successful business by identifying and leveraging strengths into
niche markets. From 1991 to 1997, Mr Stevenson was Senior Vice President and
Credit Approval Manager for US Bank's national, corporate and international
banking groups, taking charge of the credit approval and management of a $1.7
billion credit portfolio. A graduate of Stanford University, Mr. Stevenson has
resided in Portland for 18 years, providing financial services to private and
public companies in the Northwest and throughout the country. Profile
then give us a picture of things as they are now?
Mr. Stevenson: What we are trying to accomplish is to create the
