First Republic Bank has hired David Bloom as a managing director in San Francisco. He specializes in lending and deposit services, foreign exchange, letters of credit, online banking, business escrows, brokerage, securities custody and cash management.

Before joining First Republic, Bloom was a senior vice president and regional area manager at the Wells Fargo business banking group in San Francisco.

First Republic and its subsidiaries provide private banking, private business banking and private wealth management with offices primarily in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Newport Beach, San Diego, Portland, Boston, Greenwich and New York City.