Opus Bank announced that Robin Israel has joined Opus as Managing Director, Senior Client Manager – Commercial Banking. Mr. Israel, a 29-year banking veteran, is responsible for expanding Opus’ commercial and corporate client base in the West Valley area of Los Angeles and the coastal markets of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Mr. Israel joins Opus Bank most recently from Bank of America, where from 2016 he served as Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager and was focused on building client relationships with, and providing depository, lending, and treasury management solutions to small businesses and lower middle-market companies in the coastal areas of Los Angeles County. Mr. Israel ranked among the bank’s top producers nationally for 2017 and for the first six months of 2018.