City National Bank has expanded its private banking team in Pasadena, CA with the appointment of Angel Chen as a senior vice president of private client services and leader of the firm’s new satellite office.

Chen is joined by senior private client advisor Michael Scott - who joined the bank last year – and will report to Scott Witter, manager for private client services in Los Angeles, CA. 

Chen will serve high net worth families, individuals, entrepreneurs and professional services firms within the Pasadena region, with a focus on San Gabriel Valley's HNW Chinese clientele. 

“Angel will help City National establish deeper brand recognition in Pasadena and the surrounding communities, and create important relationships with the Asian population there,” Witter said.

Prior to joining City National, Chen worked at Bank of the West in Los Angeles as a senior private client advisor on the wealth management team. She also worked at Wells Fargo and Union Bank of California.

City National Bank is the wholly-owned subsidiary of City National Corporation and has a total of 79 offices, including 16 full-service regional centers in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada, New York City, NY, Nashville, TN, and Atlanta, GA.

The company and its investment affiliates manage or administer $54.5 billion in client investment assets, including more than $31 billion under direct management.