Romolo C. Santarosa holds the position of Chief Financial Officer & Senior Executive VP at Hanmi Financial Corp. and Chief Financial Officer & Senior Executive VP at Hanmi Bank (a subsidiary of Hanmi Financial Corp.). Mr. Santarosa is also Chairman-Finance & Accounting Commission at Bank Administration Institute, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Senior Executive VP at Hanmi Bank, Member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member of California Society of Certified Public Accountants and Member of City of Rancho Palos Verdes (California).

He previously was Chief Operating & Financial Officer for First California Financial Group, Inc., Chief Operating & Financial Officer for First California Bank (Westlake Village), Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President at Opus Bank, Chief Financial Officer at Eldorado Bancshares, Inc. (California), Chief Financial Officer of FCB Bancorp (California), Chief Financial Officer of Treasury Bank, NA, Chief Financial Officer of Southern Pacific Bank, Controller of Shawmut National Corp., Audit Senior Manager at Pricewaterhouse LLP and Controller for Sanwa Bank California.

Mr. Santarosa received an undergraduate degree from Ithaca College.