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Ng transformed East West Bank from a small savings and loan association with $600 million in assets, in 1991, into the full-service commercial bank with total assets of $43.3 billion as of September 30, 2019. East West Bank has been ranked in the top 10 of “America’s 100 Best Banks” by Forbes for the past two years (top 15 for the past ten years).

Ng was named by Forbes as one of the 25 most notable Chinese Americans and one of the 100 most influential people in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Times. In 2017, American Banker recognized Ng as Banker of the Year, for successfully executing his vision while maintaining discipline on credit, and building East West into one of the nation’s most profitable regional banks. Ng is also known for his business and community leadership. In 2016, Ng received The United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Award presented by United Way Worldwide that recognizes his exceptional and sustained engagement and philanthropic leadership. He was the first Asian American campaign chair for United Way of Greater Los Angeles in 2000. Centered on promoting the importance of philanthropy and the benefits of supporting high-impact charities such as the United Way, Ng’s campaign raised record funds, broke a long-standing ethnic barrier, and now serves as a model and best practice for United Way chapters and other charities around the country.

Ng has been a key leader in bringing Chinese culture and art to major U.S. institutions, including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Bowers Museum, and The Broad. He was also honored by the USC Pacific Asia Museum in 2014. His vision to bring the best of contemporary Chinese art to a larger audience inspired a groundbreaking collaboration between East West Bank and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) that resulted in a new addition to MOCA’s permanent collection.

From 2005 to 2011, he served on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Los Angeles Branch. Dominic Ng’s previous board service also includes the Asia Society, Los Angeles Mayor’s Trade Advisory Council, United Way of Greater Los Angeles, PacifiCare Health Systems (formerly NYSE: PHS), Town Hall Los Angeles, The Anderson School at UCLA, and California State Treasurer’s Financial Institutions Advisory Committee (chair), among other organizations.

In 2000, Ng became a member of Committee of 100. From 2011 to 2014, Ng served as Chairman of the Committee of 100.

In 1991, Ng joined East West Bank. Ng is the Chairman, President and CEO of East West Bancorp, Inc. and East West Bank, where its headquarter is in Pasadena, California.