Meriwest Names Dean Lam Financial Center Manager

09/06/06
SAN JOSE, Calif., September 6, 2006 - Meriwest Credit Union, one of Silicon Valley's largest financial institutions, has named Dean Lam as Manager of Meriwest's Dublin Financial Center. Mr. Lam is responsible for managing a team of financial services professionals to deliver on high service standards and customer care. The Dublin Financial Center serves the East Bay market. "We are very excited to have Dean join Meriwest. He has extensive financial services experience and possesses a strong ability in providing excellent customer service and maintaining strong relationships with clients. We feel he will add strength to the Dublin team ensuring that our members will be taken care of," said Maria Sanchez, Assistant Vice President of Retail Financial Centers.
Mr. Lam has over 15 years of financial services experience and possesses a wide range of expertise ranging from lending to sales management. Prior to joining Meriwest, Mr. Lam was the Area Sales Manager for Wells Fargo Financial Acceptance. He was responsible for planning and implementing daily marketing activities to an assigned territory.
Mr. Lam previously held a position as an Assistant Area General Manager for AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. He was responsible for developing and maintaining professional relationships with a client dealer base. In addition, he promoted and implemented the company's lending program and negotiated terms, price and structure of auto loans, which included financial feasibility, credit and risk analysis and collateral evaluation.
Mr. Lam graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from California State University, Northridge.
About Meriwest Credit Union As an established and proactive full-service financial institution, Meriwest is dedicated to making life easier for businesses and families in the San Francisco Bay Area and Tucson, Arizona through personal, convenient and innovative financial services. More information can be found at www.meriwest.com. |