Bay Community Bancorp announced that Chief Credit Officer Mukhtar Ali has been promoted to President. With this promotion, Mr. Ali will directly oversee many of the key risk functions of the bank including Credit Administration, Operations, Compliance and Information Technology, and will continue serve on the Banks Executive Management and ALCO committees. Mr. Ali currently serves as EVP, Chief Credit Officer, and has been with the bank since 2018.

Mukhtar has provided excellent leadership and strategic thinking that has positioned the Bank to be a billion-dollar plus community financial institution. Leveraging collective strengths with team has allowed to succeed in executing growth and profitability strategy, stated William S. Keller, CEO. Mukhtars knowledge of enterprise risk management is exceptional and will continue to be of great value to Bank as deploy the proceeds of recent capital raise.

Mr. Ali has over 40 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to joining the Bank, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Mission National Bank, a San Francisco, California based CDFI MDI from 2012 to 2017, and prior to that he was Chief Credit Officer of Oakland-based United Labor Bank. Mr. Ali is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School, University of Washington.