Nicholas Binkley Joins UnionBanCal BoardNicolas Binkley Joins UnionBanCal Board (Photo: Business Wire)

  
    
  
  
    
      Nicholas B. Binkley, a founding partner of the private equity firm 
      Forrest Binkley & Brown, has joined the board of directors of 
      UnionBanCal Corporation (NYSE:UB) and its principal subsidiary, Union 
      Bank of California, N.A. Binkley was elected at the February 28th 
      board meeting.
    
    
      Binkley, 61, has been with Forrest Binkley & Brown since it was formed 
      in July 1993. The firm, located in Newport Beach with offices in San 
      Diego, serves as managing general partner of various funds whose 
      principal limited partners are the Sid and Lee Bass interests of Ft. 
      Worth, Texas.
    
    
      Earlier, Binkley served as a vice chairman of Security Pacific 
      Corporation where he was responsible for all non-banking subsidiaries. 
      He was also a member of its board of directors. Following the merger of 
      BankAmerica Corporation and Security Pacific, he became vice chairman 
      and a member of the board of directors of BankAmerica.
    
    
      Binkley began his career in 1973 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York 
      and also worked for the bank in London, England, and in Beirut, Lebanon. 
      He joined Security Pacific in 1977. In 1983, he moved to Security 
      Pacific Financial Systems as Deputy Administrator for domestic 
      non-banking subsidiaries, which included Security Pacific Venture 
      Capital where he served on the investment committee.
    
    
      A native of Pasadena, California, Binkley received his bachelor’s 
      degree in political science from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, 
      and a master’s degree in international studies 
      from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 
      Washington, D.C. He spent a year in Aix-en-Provence at the Universite d’Aix-Marseille 
      studying French and international law, then served two years in the 
      Peace Corps in Tunisia.
    
    
      Binkley was the founding chair and a member of the International 
      Advisory Board of The University of California’s 
      Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies in San 
      Diego from 1986 to 2006. He has served on the Advisory Council of the 
      Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies since 2003. He is 
      also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Binkley has served on 
      a number of boards of directors of both public and privately-held 
      companies and foundations.
    
    
      Based in San Francisco, UnionBanCal Corporation (NYSE:UB) is a bank 
      holding company with assets of $52.6 billion at December 31, 2006. Its 
      principal subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A., had 321 banking 
      offices in California, Oregon and Washington, and 2 international 
      offices at December 31, 2006. The company’s 
      Web site is located at www.unionbank.com.