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City National creates new planning unit

Ernst & Young alum gets nod to lead business-client support effort. Los Angeles-based City National Bank has made Roger Stinnett head of tax and financial planning, a new position. Stinnett, a v.p., will provide personal and business financial- and tax-planning services to entrepreneurs and professionals and their families.
He reports to Richard Byrd, executive v.p. and director of the bank's wealth-management services unit.
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“Roger's depth and breadth of experience will enable us to provide added value to our high-net-worth clients, helping them plan for and achieve all of their financial goals,” says Byrd.
Stinnett comes to City National from Ernst & Young, where he was a senior manager in consultancy’s Los Angeles private-client practice. Before that he was a principal with myCFO in Century City, Calif.
City National Bank, a subsidiary of City National Corporation, provides banking, investment, and trust services through 55 offices, including 12 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. –FWR
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