Mark Forbes

Mark Forbes

Former Vice-Chairman City National Bank

Mark J. Forbes served in numerous positions at City National Bank in his 29-year career there. He started in 1992 as a Vice-President in the bank’s special assets department and the following year was named a team-leader in the bank’s Real Estate Division. He was promoted to Senior-Vice President in 1997 and appointed assistant division manager in 2004. In 2007 he was named as the Executive Vice-President and manager of the Real Estate Division. He also served on the bank's Executive Committee and his last post before retirement in 2021 was as Vice-Chairman of real estate banking.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Forbes served as a commercial banker with First Interstate Bank and a vice president in Wells Fargo Bank's real estate division in Beverly Hills. He also spent seven years with two private real-estate development companies. He began his career in 1980 in Union Bank's management training program.

He is a past member of the executive committee of the Lusk Center for Real Estate Development at the University of Southern California, and an executive committee member and former president of the City of Hope's Los Angeles Real Estate Council. Mr. Forbes also is a former vice-chair of Habitat for Humanity, Los Angeles chapter.

A resident of Glendale, Calif., Mr. Forbes earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.