STOCKTON – An experienced banker has joined the Bank of Stockton as a vice president, the bank announced this week.

Robert Wayne joined Bank of Stockton as the vice president and manager of the Consumer Lending Department at the bank’s headquarters in Stockton, Douglass M. Eberhardt, the bank’s president and CEO, said in a statement.

Wayne will oversee all areas of consumer lending for the Bank of Stockton and its divisions, Modesto Commerce Bank, Turlock Commerce Bank and Elk Grove Commerce Bank.  

Wayne has more than 17 years of experience in finance and consumer lending, specializing in automobile financing and sales, according to the statement. Prior to joining the Bank of Stockton, he was the finance director for the

California Superstores headquartered in Roseville.  He has a bachelor’s of science degree in finance from California State University in Hayward, now known as California State University, East Bay.