Community West Bancshares : Business Banker Jim Ramirez Joins Community West Bank

Goleta, CA, January 3, 2018 - Community West Bancshares, (NASDAQ: CWBC), parent company of Community West Bank, today announced that Jim Ramirez has joined the bank. Mr. Ramirez is Vice President and Relationship Manager, with an office at Community West Bank's Oxnard full-service branch at 300 E. Esplanade Drive.

'Jim Ramirez is a very experienced business banker, with a well-rounded background in deposit generation, along with business, real estate and agribusiness lending,' said Bill Filippin, Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer.'Jim has served businesses throughout Ventura County for many years, and brings tremendous knowledge and professionalism to our bank.'

Prior to joining Community West Bank, Mr. Ramirez was a senior lending and portfolio manager at Hanmi Bank, and previously was manager of the food and agribusiness division at Mission Community Bank, responsible for business development and building client relationships.He is a graduate of California State University Northridge and the Western States Agricultural Credit School.

'We are so pleased to have Jim join our business banking team in Ventura County,' said Brian Schwabecher, Regional President.'He is a highly accomplished commercial, industrial and agricultural lender with strong ties to the local business community.'

About Community West Bank

Community West Bank is the largest publicly traded and only community bank headquartered and serving California's Central Coast area of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties with seven full-service banking branch offices in Goleta, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Ventura and Westlake Village and a loan production office in Paso Robles. Founded in 1989, the bank has grown to over $825 million in assets. Community West Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Community West Bancshares (NASDAQ: CWBC), a financial services company with headquarters in Goleta, California. In April 2017, Community West Bank was awarded a 'Super Premier' rating by The Findley Reports, the highest ranking for a community bank.In making their selections, The Findley Reports focuses on these four ratios: growth, return on beginning equity, net operating income as a percentage of average assets, and loan losses as a percentage of gross loans.For more information, visit www.CommunityWestBank.com.

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