Lindsay Lawrence, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

First Foundation Inc., Irvine

Lindsay Lawrence has played an important role in First Foundation Bank’s growth over the past six years. As chief operating officer she oversees all deposit, treasury management and operational activities for the bank as well as designing and implementing service delivery framework for the company. She also manages the enterprise delivery business intelligence, and systems architect teams. Alongside her team, she helped develop and now manages First Foundation’s digital bank channel. She also helped spearhead the bank’s entrance into cryptocurrency alongside partners NYDIG and FiServ. As the first female on the executive team for First Foundation Bank, Lawrence led the team in an initiative to strategically align the bank’s infrastructure in order to scale efficiently and deliver a unifies approach to the bank’s client base, which was central to the bank’s growth.