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Heritage Bank of Commerce Appoints Chris Edmonds Waters As Executive Vice President, Chief People and Culture Officer

May 06, 2024about 1 year ago

Position

Vice President

Company

Heritage Bank

Chris Edmonds-Waters
San Jose

Description

Heritage Bank of Commerce, a subsidiary of Heritage Commerce Corp, appoints Chris Edmonds-Waters as the Executive Vice President, Chief People and Culture Officer, effective April 30, 2024. Mr. Edmonds-Waters brings over three decades of dedicated experience in Human Resources, with an excellent track record of preparing the workforce for organizational growth and aligning human resources strategies with business objectives.

Company Information

Company

Heritage Bank

Location

San Jose, California, United States

About

The Future Needs a Heritage Heritage Bank of Commerce, founded in 1994, is a community business bank headquartered in San Jose. For over 25 years, HBC has provided a consultative relationship banking approach with clients, offering valuable services to help them achieve their long-term business goals. The Bank combines the classic values of relationship-based, customer-focused community banking, with a forward-looking, strategic approach. Our solution-driven team of experienced, dedicated and innovative bankers, partner with you to find a custom solution that fits your business needs. Our large spectrum of credit and loan products spans from factoring to open lines of credits, cash management solutions to support and leverage your business cash flow, as well as a dedicated HOA Specialty Banking department servicing the HOA community with the latest in banking technology. Bank Focused on People Working with People With over 800 Non-profit organizations spanning a wide variety of industries, we know the intricacy of banking for non-profits. At HBC, we take a strong consultative approach empowering you to make meaningful business decisions that will allow you to have a strong impact in your community. As a conservative three plus billion dollar, publicly traded, 5-Star Bauer Financial rated, FDIC insured bank we check all the traditional boxes for a financial institution. But community banking is much more. HBC is involved on a deeper level with industry, business and community leaders, and is able to leverage this network successfully for our client’s business goals. As part of our mission to give back, our relationship managers are required to be active in their community. They serve on boards, are deeply involved with their local business organizations and chambers, and are taking active roles in shaping their business areas.

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