Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 13, 2009

Mark Stevenson – Capital Pacific Bancorp (cpbo.ob)

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
TWST: Would you begin with a short history and brief overview of Capital Pacific

Bank?

Mr. Stevenson: We are a six-year-old, $140 million business bank based in

downtown Portland, Oregon. We