Exhibit 24.5

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Neil Rust and Whitney Baugh, each of White & Case LLP ("White &
Case"), signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Schedules 13D, Schedules
13G, a Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such
form(s) to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") pursuant to Section 16(a) with respect to Forms 3, 4 and 5 and
Section 13(d) and Section 13(g) with respect to Schedules 13D and Schedules 13G,
of the Securities Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, relating to the
undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in Hanmi Financial Corporation;

     (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Schedule
13D, Schedule 13G, Form ID or Forms 3, 4 or 5, or other form or report, and
timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

     (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is White & Case assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 and Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Schedules 13D, Schedules 13G, Forms 3,
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in,
securities issued by Hanmi Financial Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                                                                    Exhibit 24.5

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 4th day of September, 2009.

                                        LEADING VALUE FUND
                                          by IWL Partners LLC in its capacity as
                                          the General Partner


                                        By: /s/ Dae Hyuk Park
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                                        Name:  Dae Hyuk Park
                                        Title: Vice Chairman and Chief Executive
                                               Officer of IWL Partners LLC