Trust Company of the West announced the...

Trust Company of the West announced the promotions of Frederick H. Horton and Robert S. Sant to managing director positions, and Vincent J. Cebula and Kenneth Liang to senior vice president positions. Horton joined the TCW Mortgage-Backed Securities group in 1993 from Dewey Square Investors, where he served as director of mortgage investments and senior portfolio manager. Sant came to the Los Angeles-based company in 1992 after nine years with Dean Witter Reynolds, where he served most recently as a senior vice president responsible for the national sales and marketing activities of the company’s external money management division. Before joining TCW’s special credits group earlier this year, Cebula served as executive assistant to the vice chairman of Brooke Group. Liang joined TCW’s special credits group in 1992. Before joining TCW, he worked for Dole Food as corporate counsel.