Riverview Bancorp Announces Executive Management Promotions

Promotes Daniel Cox to Chief Operating Officer & Robert Benke to EVP/Chief Credit Officer; Announces Michael Sventek as EVP/Chief Lending Officer

VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Riverview Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq GSM: RVSB) (“Bancorp” or the “Company”) today announced that, as part of its multi-step leadership succession planning process, has promoted a number of senior managers at Riverview Bank (the “Bank” and collectively “Riverview”) and Bancorp.

Daniel Cox has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the Bank and Bancorp by the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Cox will also continue to serve as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cox has been a member of the executive management team since 2014 in the role of Chief Credit Officer. In his new role, he will be responsible for the daily operations and management of the Bank. Mr. Cox joined Riverview in August 2002, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Bank where he was responsible for the Bank’s commercial credit and collection policies procedures and processes. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Washington State University – Vancouver with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a major emphasis in Finance. He is an Honor Roll alum of the Pacific Coast Banking School. Mr. Cox is an active mentor in the local schools and was the Past Treasurer and Endowment Chair for the Washougal Schools Foundation and Past Board Member of Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce.

Robert Benke has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, and will oversee all commercial credit and collection policies, procedures and processes of the Bank. He most recently served as Senior Credit Administrator, a position he has held since March 2016. Mr. Benke joined Riverview in July 2004 and spent five years as a commercial lender and progressed through the credit administration function starting in 2012 most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Credit Administration. He is responsible for credit administration related to the Bank’s commercial and consumer loan activities. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Washington State University, a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Whitman College, and is a 2015 graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School. Mr. Benke is an active board member of the Washington State University – Vancouver MAP Program.