Opus Bank announced Geoff Anfuso, Senior Managing Director - Institutional Syndications, has been appointed to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial and Specialty Banking. Anfuso is a 13-year commercial banking veteran who started his career in commercial finance and joined Opus in May 2013. In his new role, Anfuso’s areas of oversight will include Opus’ C&I focused Commercial and Specialty Banking divisions.

Stephen H. Gordon, Founding Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Opus Bank, stated, “Since joining Opus in May of 2013, Geoff has very successfully launched and run the Institutional Syndication business at Opus and his strong credit discipline has consistently provided strong results. As we continue to enhance our credit oversight, Geoff's deep and broad expertise and experience in commercial banking and commercial finance in senior credit underwriting and structuring, portfolio management, and business development/relationship management roles, combined with his respected leadership capability will ensure his great success in this important role.”

Anfuso joined Opus from Wells Fargo Bank, where he served from 2010 to 2013 as Senior Vice President – Team Lead, Commercial Banking Group and was responsible for structuring credit facilities for working capital, acquisitions, equipment, and real estate transactions and the business development efforts of his team. Earlier at Wells Fargo, Anfuso served as Senior Vice President, Underwriting Manager within the Specialty Finance group. Mr. Anfuso began his career in 2001 as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P.(“PwC”) and FTI Consulting, Inc. subsequent to its acquisition of PwC’s U.S.-based restructuring business in 2002.

Opus Bank is an FDIC-insured California-chartered commercial bank with $7.7 billion of total assets, $6.3 billion of total loans and $6.5 billion in total deposits, as of June 30, 2016. Opus Bank provides superior ideas and solutions, and banking products to its clients through its Retail Bank, Commercial Bank, Merchant Bank, and Correspondent Bank. Opus Bank offers a suite of treasury and cash management and depository solutions and a wide range of loan products, including commercial, healthcare, media and entertainment, corporate finance, multifamily residential, commercial real estate, and structured finance, and is an SBA preferred lender.