SUPRIYA SHAH

BANC OF CALIFORNIA

Supriya Shah is the SVP, director internal audit for Banc of California. Shah brings 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, focusing on internal audit and risk management for the Bank. In her role, she is responsible for leading internal audit activities related to finance/accounting, credit risk, lending, and deposit operations. She supports the chief internal audit officer for internal audit governance and maintains an effective Quality Assurance Improvement Program. She strongly believes risk and audit functions can deliver objective assurance and insights that can help organizations achieve their strategic, operational, financial and compliance goals.

Prior to being at Banc of California, Shah served as a senior enterprise risk manager for four years at Commercial Bank of California and CTBC Bank, both premier business-centric community banks within the California footprint. She was instrumental in establishing an enterprise risk management program, with the board and senior management reporting, as well as third-party vendor risk management programs at these institutions.

Following graduation from California State University, Fullerton, Shah obtained her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation, and held expanding positions in public accounting and business advisory services at Deloitte, Grant Thornton, and Protiviti. During these years, she also held lead clientfacing roles, serving strategic clients such as Bank of America, U.S. Bank and other banks and credit unions.

She attributes success to following her passion and committing to it. She upholds values such as integrity, accountability and respect, with a value-driven mindset in delivering results when working with a team. She spends her personal time on painting, arts, and traveling with family and friends.