Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 12, 2002
WILLIAM S. THOMAS JR. is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Pacific Capital Bancorp, a $4.06 billion, 41 branch multi-
community bank holding company headquartered in Santa Barbara,
California. The company serves customers on California's Central
Coast under the community bank brands of Santa Barbara Bank &
Trust, First National Bank of Central California, South Valley
National Bank and San Benito Bank. A 1965 graduate of the
University of California, Berkeley, with an MBA from the
University of Southern California, Mr. Thomas launched his career
in 1969 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. He held
senior management positions with Security Pacific National Bank
for 16 years and then with Bank of America following the merger
of those two banks. He joined Santa Barbara Bank & Trust in 1994,
was named President and Chief Operating Officer two years later,
and President and Chief Executive Officer of the bank and the
holding company in April 2000. Profile
Bancorp and a picture of what you're doing at the present time?
Mr. Thomas: We think of ourselves as an enduring community
