First Foundation Inc. (FFWM)

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First Foundation Inc.

200 Crescent Court
Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75201
United States
469 638 9636
https://www.firstfoundationinc.com

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Banks - Regional
Full-time employees: 564

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Ulrich Emanuel Keller Jr., CFP	Executive Chairman	633k	N/A	1956
Mr. Scott Farris Kavanaugh	CEO, President & Vice Chairman	987k	N/A	1961
Mr. James Michael Britton	Executive VP & CFO	405.46k	N/A	1977
Mr. Christopher M. Naghibi Esq.	Executive VP & COO	460k	N/A	1981
Ms. Amy Djou	Executive VP & Deputy CFO	356.84k	N/A	1969
Mr. Adriano S. Darmawan	CTO & Executive VP	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Erica Dorsett	Executive VP & Chief Legal Counsel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Lisa Carlson	Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Kristoffer Lynds	Senior Vice President of Commercial Real Estate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Shelly O'Byrne CFP, CTFA	Executive VP & Director of Trust Services	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

First Foundation Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides banking services, investment advisory, wealth management, and trust services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Banking and Wealth Management. It offers a range of deposit products, including personal and business checking accounts, savings accounts, interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, money market accounts, and time certificate of deposits; and loan products consisting of multifamily and single family residential real estate loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial term loans, and line of credits, as well as consumer loans, such as personal installment loans and line of credits, and home equity line of credits. The company also provides various specialized services comprising trust services, online and mobile banking, remote deposit capture services, merchant credit card services, ATM cards, Visa debit cards, and business sweep accounts, as well as insurance brokerage services and equipment financing solutions. In addition, it offers investment management and financial planning services; financial, investment, and economic advisory and related services; and treasury management services, such as bill pay, check/payee/ACH positive pay, wire origination, internal and external transfers, account reconciliation reporting, mobile deposit, lockbox, cash vault services and merchant processing. Further, the company provides support services, including the processing and transmission of financial and economic data for charitable organizations. It operates through a network of branch offices and loan production offices. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Corporate governance

First Foundation Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 May 2024 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 8; Board: 8; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 3.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.