Heritage Bank of Commerce, a San Jose-headquartered subsidiary of Heritage Commerce Corp. (NASDAQ: HTBK), has appointed Susan Just as executive vice president and chief credit officer, effective Sept. 7. She will replace Margo Butsch, who recently announced her retirement.
Just’s career includes nearly 30 years of credit administration expertise in underwriting and administering commercial, commercial real estate, construction, asset-based, SBA and retail loans. She was most recently the executive vice president and chief credit officer of Santa Cruz County Bank.
“We are thrilled to welcome Susan to the team,” said Clay Jones, president and CEO at Heritage Bank of Commerce. “With Susan’s extensive credit, strategy, policy, administration and compliance background, she is the ideal person to help continue our tradition of strong credit administration practices.”
