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News Release

For Immediate Release
May 9, 2007
 
Four Vice Presidents Appointed at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
 
San Francisco—The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has promoted Steven Cibull to Vice President, Mortgage Finance; Richard Knowles to Vice President, Application Services; and Andrew Westwood to Vice President, Application Development. The Board also named Steve Berreman Vice President, Program Management Office.
 
Mr. Cibull manages the Bank’s business relationship with over 95 of its members, ranging from small de novo to multi-billion dollar financial institutions, and recruits new institutions for Bank membership. Mr. Cibull is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars.  Prior to joining the Bank in March 2001, he was with Bank of America’s Financial Engineering and Risk Management Group, where he structured derivative products for financial institutions and high net worth individuals. Mr. Cibull earned his B.A. in communications at the University of California at Davis and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financial Management program at the Moore School of Business.
 
Mr. Knowles directs business process applications initiatives and reengineering projects for the Bank. Since joining the Bank in 1989, Mr. Knowles has managed a variety of IT projects, including the conversion of the Bank’s applications from a mainframe to LAN environment, the creation of a variety of significant proprietary applications, and the development of the Bank’s online transaction capabilities. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Knowles worked as a consultant for Science Applications, Inc., Equitable Environmental Health, and William Wecker Associates, where his titles included statistician, scientist, and economist. Mr. Knowles earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at Davis. He also received an M.S. in Physics and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
 
Mr. Westwood leads applications development in the areas of trade capture, derivative and portfolio operations, treasury, financial risk management, and hedge accounting, with a focus on developing and implementing information systems that improve functionality, workflow, reporting, and analysis. He is also responsible for the creation of a new enterprise data warehouse. Prior to joining the Bank in 2003, Mr. Westwood worked in London, where he held positions in accounting, finance, and financial systems at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and JPMorgan Chase & Co. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Australia, where he obtained his C.P.A. Mr. Westwood earned a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Griffith University in Australia.
 
Mr. Berreman guides the planning, resource allocation, tracking, and status reporting of the multiple technology initiatives undertaken by the Bank each year. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Berreman was a Director at Primitive Logic and worked on a variety of information technology projects in the financial services industry, most recently leading the Bank’s efforts to define requirements for a new trade origination system. Mr. Berreman previously held the position of Project Manager with Deloitte Consulting and was a Senior Consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He earned his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
 
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco delivers low-cost funding and other services that help member financial institutions make home mortgages to people of all income levels and provide credit that supports neighborhoods and communities. The Bank also funds community investment programs that help members create affordable housing and promote community economic development. The Bank’s members – its shareholders and customers – are commercial banks, credit unions, savings institutions, thrifts and loans, and insurance companies headquartered in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The Bank is one of twelve regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which is celebrating 75 years of service to members and communities this year.
 
Contact:
Cynthia Lopez, (415) 616-2757
lopezc@fhlbsf.com
 
 

 
© 2000-2008 Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

News Release

For Immediate Release
May 9, 2007
 
Four Vice Presidents Appointed at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
 
San Francisco—The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has promoted Steven Cibull to Vice President, Mortgage Finance; Richard Knowles to Vice President, Application Services; and Andrew Westwood to Vice President, Application Development. The Board also named Steve Berreman Vice President, Program Management Office.
 
Mr. Cibull manages the Bank’s business relationship with over 95 of its members, ranging from small de novo to multi-billion dollar financial institutions, and recruits new institutions for Bank membership. Mr. Cibull is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars.  Prior to joining the Bank in March 2001, he was with Bank of America’s Financial Engineering and Risk Management Group, where he structured derivative products for financial institutions and high net worth individuals. Mr. Cibull earned his B.A. in communications at the University of California at Davis and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financial Management program at the Moore School of Business.
 
Mr. Knowles directs business process applications initiatives and reengineering projects for the Bank. Since joining the Bank in 1989, Mr. Knowles has managed a variety of IT projects, including the conversion of the Bank’s applications from a mainframe to LAN environment, the creation of a variety of significant proprietary applications, and the development of the Bank’s online transaction capabilities. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Knowles worked as a consultant for Science Applications, Inc., Equitable Environmental Health, and William Wecker Associates, where his titles included statistician, scientist, and economist. Mr. Knowles earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of California at Davis. He also received an M.S. in Physics and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
 
Mr. Westwood leads applications development in the areas of trade capture, derivative and portfolio operations, treasury, financial risk management, and hedge accounting, with a focus on developing and implementing information systems that improve functionality, workflow, reporting, and analysis. He is also responsible for the creation of a new enterprise data warehouse. Prior to joining the Bank in 2003, Mr. Westwood worked in London, where he held positions in accounting, finance, and financial systems at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and JPMorgan Chase & Co. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Australia, where he obtained his C.P.A. Mr. Westwood earned a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Griffith University in Australia.
 
Mr. Berreman guides the planning, resource allocation, tracking, and status reporting of the multiple technology initiatives undertaken by the Bank each year. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Berreman was a Director at Primitive Logic and worked on a variety of information technology projects in the financial services industry, most recently leading the Bank’s efforts to define requirements for a new trade origination system. Mr. Berreman previously held the position of Project Manager with Deloitte Consulting and was a Senior Consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). He earned his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.B.A. from the University of Virginia.
 
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco delivers low-cost funding and other services that help member financial institutions make home mortgages to people of all income levels and provide credit that supports neighborhoods and communities. The Bank also funds community investment programs that help members create affordable housing and promote community economic development. The Bank’s members – its shareholders and customers – are commercial banks, credit unions, savings institutions, thrifts and loans, and insurance companies headquartered in Arizona, California, and Nevada. The Bank is one of twelve regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which is celebrating 75 years of service to members and communities this year.
 
Contact:
Cynthia Lopez, (415) 616-2757
lopezc@fhlbsf.com
 
 

 


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