Paul Taylor vs Matthew Wagner

Paul Taylor

CEO of Guaranty Bancorp

BIO: Mr. Paul W. Taylor has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Guaranty Bancorp since May 3, 2011. Mr. Taylor has been the Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Bank And Trust Co. Inc. (Guaranty Bank and Trust Company) since June 2011. Mr. Taylor serves as Principal Accounting Officer of Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. Mr. Taylor served as an Executive Vice President of Guaranty Bancorp since 2004. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Guaranty Bank & Trust Company since 2009 and served as its Executive Vice President and Secretary. He served as Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Guaranty Bancorp since 2004 and again since February 10, 2009 and served as its Principal Accounting Officer and Secretary. He served as President of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company from June 2011 to July 20, 2011. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Centennial Bank of the West. From April 2000 to July 2004, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. predecessor company. During his 21-year banking and investment-banking career, he worked for Alex Shushunoff Investment Banking as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, where he performed many acquisitions for clients across the country. Further investment banking experience was with Century Capital Group, where he performed M&A and financing for small businesses. Mr. Taylor worked for KeyCorp for 12 years in both New York and the Rocky Mountain West in numerous management positions and left KeyCorp as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Rocky Mountain Region. Mr. Taylor has been a Director of Guaranty Bancorp since July 20, 2011. Mr. Taylor has been Chairman of Guaranty Bank and Trust since May 2011. He serves as a Director of Centennial Bank of the West. He has a B.S. in Business Economics and Accounting from State University of New York and is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.

Matthew Wagner

CEO of PacWest Bancorp

BIO: Mr. Matthew P. Wagner, also known as Matt, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of PacWest BanCorp since September 2000. Mr. Wagner has been an Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank since June 4, 2003. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Western Bank since 2000 and also serves as its President. e served as the President of the Los Angeles Region - Pacific Western Bank at PacWest BanCorp. since February 2008. He served as the President of First Community BanCorp. since September 2000 and Pacific Western National Bank a wholly owned subsidiary of First Community. He served as the President of Western Bancorp., from February 1997 to November 1999 and its Chief Executive Officer from December 1997 to November 1999. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Pacific Western Bank from October 1996 to January 1998. He joined Western in 1996, He served at U.S. Bancorp, as an Executive Vice President from 1991 to 1996 and as a Senior Vice President from 1985 to 1991. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Pacific Western Bank. He served as Vice Chairman at First National Bank (San Diego, CA), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Community. He has been a Director of PacWest BanCorp. since 2000. He serves as a Director of Pacific Western Bank. He served as a Director of Guaranty BanCorp. from April 2004 to August 3, 2010. He served as a Director of Southern California Bank and Santa Monica Bank, which are subsidiaries of Western Bancorp. He served as a Director of Western Bancorp. since 1996. Mr. Wagner holds a B.S. Degree from the University of Nebraska and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado.