Banc of California, Inc. has said that Michael David has been appointed to the bank in the newly created role of executive vice president for Technology Banking-West, part of the Venture Banking group. In his new role, David will be based in Menlo Park, California and will report to Sean Lynden, president of the Venture Banking group. David, who has more than 25 years of experience and expertise in banking and finance nationwide, focusing on Silicon Valley, was most recently at Bridge Bank where he spent nine years as a senior vice president and managing director of Equity Fund Resources, with an expanded role covering key venture capital relationships.

He initially started and led the national venture capital services practice and further expanded into VC-sponsored technology finance. David's prior experience includes establishing new Silicon Valley-based practices for Fifth Street Technology Partners, ORIX Ventures and Imperial Bank.