Executive Committee
for City National Corporation (ticker symbol: CYN)

Michael B. Cahill
Executive Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
City National Bank and
City National Corporation

Mike Cahill is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of City National Bank and City National Corporation, where he oversees the corporation's Legal & Compliance Division. He is executive sponsor and chair of the bank’s Compliance Committee, and is a member of the Executive Committee, Disclosure Committee, Risk Council, Benefits Committee, Senior Operations Risk Committee, and Capital Investment Committee, among others.

Mr. Cahill joined City National in June 2001 with broad experience in the financial services industry including managing a wide range of bank line and staff divisions, and with substantial expertise in mergers & acquisitions, commercial transactions, risk management, governance, capital formation and strategic planning, among other areas. From 1997 through 2001, he served as CEO of various subsidiaries of Avista Corporation, located in Washington state.

Before that, Mr. Cahill worked at First Interstate Bancorp for 13 years, where he served as executive vice president and group general counsel responsible for legal matters related to various international banking activities, capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, as well as company-wide litigation, bankruptcy and problem-loan activities. He also served as executive vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer for First Interstate Bank's Texas affiliate, with responsibility for a diverse range of staff and line divisions. He previously spent four years in private law practice in Los Angeles.

Mr. Cahill is a member of the California and Washington state bar associations, and is active in serving on the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Los Angeles chapter. He is a frequent speaker at seminars on the subjects of banking, securities laws, corporate governance, compliance and related topics.