Senior Vice President / Managing Director
JC Avakian joined Five Star Bank as Senior Vice President/Managing Director as part of Five Star Bank’s San Francisco Bay Area team.
Mr. Avakian has over 15 years of extensive commercial banking and lending experience. He most recently served as Senior Vice President at Beacon Business Bank where he was responsible for leading the development of their sales team. Prior to this, he worked with Fremont Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase. Mr. Avakian is passionate about building relationships with his clients and providing an excellent customer experience. He graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Mr. Avakian is a member of ProVisors San Francisco, an invitation-only national networking association exclusively for professional service providers. He is also a proud basketball coach at the Stuart Hall for Boys and a member of The Olympic Club.