The board of directors of Heritage Commerce, the holding company of Heritage Bank of Commerce, approved the appointment of Robertson Jones as president and chief operating officer of the bank. Walter T. Kaczmarek, president and CEO of Heritage Commerce, will continue as CEO of the bank.

“[Robertson] is an exceptional leader and his promotion to president and chief operating officer of the bank places him in a key leadership role to preside over further growth and success of our bank, and I look forward to working with him in this new role,” Kaczmarek said. “[Robertson] has more than three decades of proven experience growing community and commercial banking organizations. Most recently, as executive vice president/president of community business banking at the bank, he has shown his ability to lead during very challenging times. His customer, community and employee focus is exceptional and has been instrumental to our success as a company.”

Prior to joining Heritage Bank of Commerce in 2019, Jones served nearly a decade at Presidio Bank, assuming the role of president in 2018. Before that he was the organizing and initial president and CEO of New Resource Bank, a sustainably-focused community bank.

In addition, from October 1993 to May 2005, Jones served in increasing corporate capacities for subsidiaries of Greater Bay Bancorp and Comerica Bank, including his position as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Cupertino National Bank and executive vice president and manager of its venture banking group.

Jones is currently an executive board member for JobTrain, an educational and training institution serving low-income individuals and their families, and a board member for the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce.