Background

Gouw, Julia Suryapranata was born on August 22, 1959 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Arrived in United States, 1978. Daughter of Moertopo and Indira (Koelani) Suryapranata.

Education

Bachelor of Science with highest honors, University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1981.

Career

Accountant Texaco, Inc., Los Angeles, 1981—1983. From assistant accountant to senior audit manager Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler Peat Marwick, 1983—1989. Vice president, controller East West Bank, East West Bancorp, Inc., Pasadena, California, 1989, executive vice president, Chief Financial Officer, 1994—2008, vice chairman, chief risk officer, 2008, president, chief operating officer, since 2009.

Board directors East West Bank, East West Bancorp, Inc., since 1997, Pacific Mutual Holding Company & Pacific LifeCorp, since 2011.

Achievements

• Julia Suryapranata Gouw has been listed as a noteworthy bank executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alexis de Tocqueville Society, United Way Greater Los Angeles. Board directors Huntington Memorial Hospital. Board visitors University of California at Los Angeles.

Board overseers Los Angeles Philharmonic. Board member University of California at Los Angeles David Geffen School Medicine, John Wayne Cancer Institute, University of California at Los Angeles Foundation. Board trustees St. John's Health Center Foundation.

Member of California Society Certified Public Accountant's, Financial Executives. Institute, National Association Female Executives, Chinese American Certified Public Accountant's, Beta Alpha Psi.

Connections

Married Ken Keng-Hok Gouw, June 1, 1981.

Father:

Moertopo Suryapranata

Mother:

Indira (Koelani) Suryapranata

Spouse:

Ken Keng-Hok Gouw