Opus Bank announced that Alfonso Castell De’Oro has joined Opus as Managing Director, Senior Client Manager, and is responsible for expanding Opus’ commercial and corporate client base in the Inland Empire region of California. Mr. Castell De’Oro joins Opus most recently from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where from 2011 he served as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager. While at Bank of America, Mr. Castell De’Oro was responsible for growing and managing a portfolio of lower middle market commercial clients in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Castell De’Oro served as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager at Community Bank, where he focused on developing depository and commercial lending relationships as well as commercial real estate, C&I, and SBA lending opportunities with small businesses and lower middle market companies. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Castell De’Oro served as Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager at Chase Bank. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Castell De’Oro served as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer at Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Castell De’Oro began his banking career at Wells Fargo in 1997.