Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 26, 2003
MATTHEW P. WAGNER is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director
of First Community Bancorp. Mr. Wagner also serves as Vice Chairman of
the Board of First National Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of First
Community, as well as President and Chief Executive Officer and as
Chairman of the Board of Pacific Western National Bank, a wholly owned
subsidiary of First Community. Prior to joining First Community Bancorp
in September 2000, Mr. Wagner was President and Chief Executive Officer
of Western Bancorp from July 1996 until November 1999, when Western
Bancorp was acquired by US Bancorp. Prior to joining Western Bancorp in
1996, Mr. Wagner served as Executive Vice President with U.S. Bancorp in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1990 to 1996 and as Senior Vice President
from 1985 to 1990. Profile
us about your operations today.
Mr. Wagner: First Community Bancorp was formed in the year 1999 and
initially served as a
