Pacific Life has elected Julia Gouw, president and chief operating officer of East West Bank, to the boards of Pacific Mutual Holding Company and Pacific LifeCorp, the parent companies of Pacific Life Insurance Company.

Gouw joined the Pasadena, Calif.-based East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank, in 1989 as vice president and controller and was appointed to her current position in 2009. She has overall responsibility for East West Bank's operations, including finance, treasury, investor relations, enterprise risk management, credit administration, deposit and loan operations, and information technology.