Opus Bank announced that Alfonso Castell De’Oro, a 21-year banking veteran, has joined Opus as Managing Director, Senior Client Manager, and is responsible for expanding Opus’ commercial and corporate client base in the Inland Empire region of California.

Jim Haney, Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking, stated, “We are proud to have Alfonso join Opus’ Commercial Banking team in the Inland Empire. Alfonso possesses a tremendous depth of experience providing commercial banking products, services, and solutions to lower middle market corporations and small businesses.” Haney added, “We look forward to Alfonso’s contributions as Opus continues to grow its loan origination volumes, deposit base, market presence, and overall relationship-based commercial banking franchise in the Inland Empire and other metropolitan markets on the West Coast.”

Castell De’Oro joins Opus most recently from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where from 2011 he served as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager. While at Bank of America, Castell De’Oro was responsible for growing and managing a portfolio of lower middle market commercial clients in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. From 2009 to 2011, Castell De’Oro served as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager at Community Bank, where he focused on developing depository and commercial lending relationships as well as commercial real estate, C&I, and SBA lending opportunities with small businesses and lower middle market companies.

From 2008 to 2009, Castell De’Oro served as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager at Chase Bank, where he focused on developing depository and lending relationships with small businesses. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer at Wells Fargo Bank, where he was responsible for growing and managing a portfolio of lower middle market companies and small businesses. Castell De’Oro began his banking career at Wells Fargo in 1997.