Hope Bancorp Announces Retirement of Director Scott Whang

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOPE) (the “Company”), the holding company of Bank of Hope (the “Bank”), today announced that Scott Yoon-Suk Whang has elected not to stand for re-election and will be retiring from his position as a member of the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank in connection with the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Director Whang for his many years of service and dedication,”