About Eric Sprink

Eric Sprink serves as our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sprink joined the Company in late 2006 as President and Chief Operating Officer and became Chief Executive Officer in 2010. Mr. Sprink began his banking career working for Security Pacific Bank while enrolled at Arizona State University. He assumed increasing levels of responsibility in the areas of retail operations, consumer and commercial lending and wealth management with Security Pacific Bank and its successor, Bank of America. Eric Sprink then moved to Centura Bank, where he held management positions in retail operations and corporate finance. After Centura Bank was acquired, he held senior management positions at Washington Trust Bank and Global Credit Union. Mr. Sprink is active in industry trade groups and is a director and past chairman of the Community Bankers of Washington. Mr. Sprink received a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina. Mr. Eric Sprink brings to our board of directors leadership experience, significant experience in many facets of the financial services business, and familiarity with our market area. Mr. Sprink has been a member of our board of directors since 2006. Coastal prides itself on being “un-bankey” and has organically grown from less than $200 million in assets when Eric joined the bank in 2006, to more than $2 billion today. Community is the bank’s middle name and a way of doing business. We are openly changing the rules of what banking means. In addition to meeting the needs of local Coastal Community Bank (CCB) business clients, Coastal is delivering Partner Banking or “Banking as a Service” to FinTech’s, capitalizing on the strong relationship culture built on top of a robust compliance backbone through its wholesale banking division - CCBX. Because of the relationships the bank has built with FinTech’s, Eric Sprink is a frequent speaker and advocate for bank/Fintech partnerships. He has worked closely with a number of regulatory bodies as the banking industry evolves and faces disruption. In spite of living in the Pacific Northwest, Eric Sprink is a Tarheel and will happily share his thoughts on North Carolina sports. Active in community affairs, Eric is a past chair of the Community Bankers of Washington and is involved with numerous local non-profits.