Gulf Capital Bank in Houston has formed a small business lending group.
The $539 million-asset bank said in a press release that it created the group after hiring Saman Noorani and Sebastian Aguirre.
Noorani, who was SBA regional director at Southwestern National Bank, was named director of SBA lending. Aguirre, previously an SBA underwriter at Southwestern, has the same role at Gulf Capital.
“Saman will further complement our established focus on commercial and real estate lending, serving the banking needs of owner-operated businesses in the Houston metropolitan area and surrounding counties, to become the trusted relationship bank of choice for Houstonians and their businesses,” J. Downey Bridgwater, Gulf Capital’s chairman and CEO, said in the release.