Union Bank of California, N.A. has announced the appointment of Senior Vice Presidents Dave Dean and Kevin J. O'Donnell to the newly-created retail market segment management team headed by Executive Vice President Joe Petitti. Both will support Petitti in developing strategies to target and deepen the bank's relationships with consumers and small business customers.

"We are building a strong team for our new retail marketing efforts and both Dave and Kevin bring valuable expertise that will allow us to continue that momentum,? said Petitti. ?They are each highly experienced professionals with the technical knowledge and leadership ability to enable us to execute our new strategies.?

With more than 20 years of domestic and international marketing experience--including 14 years in financial services--Dean will now take the lead for the affluent client segment. Prior to joining Union Bank, he held positions in affluent market segment management for Charles Schwab and Co. Inc., and served as vice president of small business marketing at Wells Fargo Bank.

Dean, who resides in Berkeley, received his B.S. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his M.B.A. degree from San Francisco State University.

Formerly with Wells Fargo Bank, O'Donnell will serve as the new manager of marketing research. A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, he has held research positions with the National Republican Congressional Committee, the PacficWest Communications Group and his own firm, San Francisco Research. A resident of Novato, O'Donnell is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Marketing Research Association and the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

Based in San Francisco, UnionBanCal Corporation (NYSE:UB) is a bank holding company with assets of $52 billion at September 30, 2006. Its primary subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A., had 320 banking offices in California, Oregon and Washington, and 2 international offices at September 30, 2006. The company's Web site is located at www.unionbank.com.