Banc of California

Inclusion, Diversity, Engagement & Awareness (IDEA) Council

Mission:

• Bring together voices and ideas throughout the Bank to make recommendations to our Executive Committee, and to help facilitate and ensure a culture of diversity, openness, and inclusion.

To support an environment where everyone can succeed, the IDEA Council will focus on these four pillars:

• Communication & Engagement: Delivering IDEA updates and engagement opportunities to the Bank.
• Diversity & Inclusion Training: Building the skills and environment to improve equality and diversity.
• Recruitment Strategy: Creating an enhanced recruitment strategy from a larger pool of diverse talent that promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Mentorship Program: Sharing responsibility for a culture of coaching and development, and creating a diverse talent pool for succession planning.

The Bank is a multi-generational, multi-cultural community that extends throughout Southern California. As of December 2022 our gender and diversity makeup is as follows:

• Gender:
  • 51.5% female / 48.5 male

• Ethnicity:
  • 32% White / 28% Hispanic or Latino / 24% Asian / 5% Two or more / 5% Not disclosed / 4% African American / 2% Other

Other Diversity & Inclusion Efforts:

• Delivered unconscious bias training to executives and senior leaders, as well as Diversity & Inclusion training to all employees.
• Posted open positions to dozens of minority-specific recruiting websites in an effort to attract a diverse group of candidates.
• 73% of our Open Requistions and Promotions were filled by racially/ethnically diverse candidates.
• 52% of our Open Requistions were filled by women.
• 11% of our Open Requisitions were filled by internal candidates.
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