Robinson will also serve as a member of the board of directors of both the company and the bank.
The company has also appointed Grant Couch as chairman of the board of directors of the company and the bank. He will succeed founding chairman Kyle Ransford, who will continue as a director of the company and the bank.
Robinson has been a successful CEO of California community banks. He joined Plaza Bank of Irvine, California as CEO in June 2009. Before joining Plaza Bank, he was president and CEO of The Vintage Bank and its parent company, North Bay Bancorp.
Couch has a 35-year career in the financial services industry, beginning with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in 1971 and retiring in 2008 as president & COO of Countrywide Securities Corporation. He has been a director of MNHN since 2009.
The company’s previous president and CEO, Deepak Kumar, submitted his resignation from the Board of Directors of the company two days ago.