West Coast Bank Names Tom Lloyd Vice President-Relationship Manager of South Puget Sound Commercial Banking

    OLYMPIA, Wash., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank has named 42-year career banker Tom Lloyd Vice President-Relationship Manager with the South Puget Sound commercial banking team.

    Lloyd maintains a commercial loan portfolio and generates commercial loans from the West Coast Bank West Olympia office. He also volunteers for the American Cancer Society and has been involved with the Lacey Spring Fun Fair for 14 years.

    Regional President Tim Dowling said, "Tom's extensive knowledge of the South Puget Sound market and his commercial lending expertise make him a great addition to our commercial banking team. He will serve our customers well."

    West Coast Bank serves clients with nine South Puget Sound locations; Olympia Downtown, West Olympia, Lacey, Shelton, Hoodsport, Chehalis, Hawks Prairie, Tukwila and Centralia.

    West Coast Bancorp, (Nasdaq: WCBO), one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.6 billion in assets, operating 61 offices in Oregon and Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank.  For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.wcb.com.

SOURCE  West Coast Bank

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    /CONTACT:  Tim Dowling, Regional President of West Coast Bank,

+1-360-456-7758/

    /Web site:  http://www.wcb.com /

    (WCBO)