James B. Jones Appointed Chairman of the Board at Professional Business Bank

The board of directors of Professional Business Bank, a Pasadena-based bank that serves business customers in the San Gabriel Valley, has named James B. Jones as board chairman. Jones has been a member of the board of directors for the past two years and is executive vice president of Carpenter & Company, the Irvine, Calif.-based bank advisory and private equity firm.

David T. Blankenhorn, previous board chairman of Professional Business Bank and California General Bank prior to the December 2010 merger of the two Pasadena-based banks, will remain a director of Professional Business Bank.

“Jim Jones brings a tremendous amount of banking experience to the leadership and oversight of Professional Business Bank,” said Mary Lynn Lenz, chief executive officer of Professional Business Bank.

Jones assumes the chairmanship at Professional Business Bank as the bank undergoes a new rebranding campaign marking the bank’s continued commitment to serving business customers throughout the San Gabriel Valley and Tri-Cities area. The bank has also recently made several key senior management hires including John Nerland as president and chief banking officer and Michael Tyminski as chief credit officer.

Professional Business Bank specializes in serving small to mid-sized businesses, including medical professionals, professional service providers such as attorneys and CPAs, manufacturing firms and various other regional businesses. The bank prides itself on the high level of personal attention and accessibility it provides to its business banking customers.

“We continue to offer a one-to-one, personal approach with our customers that we feel is unmatched by the larger banks,” said Lenz.