Raul Sarmiento is a Colombian-born immigrant who joined UBT in 2017, serving in our Customer Service department as a teller, assistant manager, and eventually branch manager before being promoted to Multicultural Banking Officer in 2023. A bilingual advocate for immigrants, Raul uses his life experience and business and banking acumen to help immigrants and multicultural businesses get the right tools to be successful. Raul is a certified interpreter through Southeast Community College and has completed UBT’s internal Leadership Development Program. He recently developed a lending program for non-resident individuals at the bank, making it possible for UBT to offer any type of loan product for individuals possessing a work permit.