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Union Bank has tapped veteran banker Ronald Heller as its market president for Washington state.

Union Bank N.A., a subsidiary of UnionBanCal Corp. of San Francisco, Calif., gained a stronger foothold in Washington on April 30, 2010, when it acquired Frontier Bank of Everett in a purchase and assumption agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. While Union Bank has has a presence in the Pacific Northwest for nearly a century, it now has branches in 38 Washington cities.

Heller comes to Union Bank with 32 years in the banking industry under his belt, most recently as senior vice president and community banking president for the Northwest division of Wells Fargo and previously with First Interstate Bank payday loans no teletrack.

Heller will start his new role with Union Bank from its Everett office on Aug. 30. He will report to Senior Vice President and head of Pacific Northwest Branch Banking Brian W. Hawley. Heller will work closely with Patrick Fahey, former chairman and CEO of Frontier Bank who has assumed the role of regional chairman of the Pacific Northwest for Union Bank.

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