Primary Job Title Vice President Primary Organization 
Ford Financial Fund
Gender Male
C.J. Johnson is a Vice President of Ford Financial Fund. Mr. Johnson currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mechanics Bank, a portfolio company of Fund II. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, a portfolio company of
Fund I.
Mr. Johnson joined Santa Barbara Bank & Trust from Flexpoint Ford, a private equity firm with $1 billion under management, where he was an Associate and assisted with the execution of the firm's financial services investments. Mr. Johnson started his career as an investment banking Analyst with Credit Suisse, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and capital raising advisory assignments for financial institutions.
