On October 7, Houston-based Gulf Capital Bank announced that Ignacio Pujol is joining the bank as executive vice president and market president for its Spring branch and Memorial/West Houston market.

Pujol joins Gulf Capital Bank with more than 38 years of credit and commercial lending experience. His most recent position was as executive vice president and regional president of Stellar Bank’s west region and a former director of Allegiance Bank for 11 years. He started his career with FCIA/Exim Bank as a financial analyst, later moving to First City Bank in loan review and First Republic Bank, predecessor to Bank of America, in commercial loan workouts. He has held various senior-level commercial lending positions with Southwest Bank of Texas, predecessor to Amegy Bank, and Sterling Bank, predecessor to Comerica Bank, for which he was market CEO for the bank’s Memorial office.

Pujol holds a BBA degree in finance from the University of Houston and an MBA degree from the University of St. Thomas. He is a licensed certified financial planner. He has served as a trustee for the City of Houston Municipal Employees’ pension board, a past director and secretary to the board for the Memorial City Management District, a former advisory board member of Bluehenge Capital and currently serves as a board member and vice chair for the Spring Branch Community Health Center. Pujol is also a former board member of the West Houston Leadership Institute and former advisory board member for Arte Publico Press at the University of Houston. He is a graduate of the West Houston Leadership Institute, the Business/Civic Leadership Forum of the Center for Houston’s Future and the Federal Reserve Bank’s Banking On Leaders of Tomorrow (BOLT) program.

Gulf Capital Bank was established in 2020.