Abacus Finance Promotes Four
Abacus Finance promoted Eric Peterson from VP to SVP, Radal Rydzesky from associate to senior associate, Joseph Lee from analyst to associate and Afsheen Ali from administrative officer to director of administration.
Abacus Finance promoted Eric Peterson from VP to SVP, Radal Rydzesky from associate to senior associate, Joseph Lee from analyst to associate and Afsheen Ali from administrative officer to director of administration.
Square 1 Bank hired Kevin Johnson as managing director of the Mid-Atlantic region and Dhruv Patel as vice president on the Southeast banking team.
CIT Group appointed Paul Tufaro as executive vice president, chief compliance officer. Tufaro joins from Citigroup.
Accord Financial has expanded its team with five new hires and promoted two current staff members.
Steven Goldberg has joined Sterling National Bank’s Public Finance team as managing director and vice president, covering the western portion of the U.S.
Webster Bank promoted Debra Drapalla to Boston regional president. She succeeds Paul Mollica, who will be retiring, but will continue to serve as an ambassador for Webster.
BMO Capital Markets appointed Luke Seabrook chief operating officer. In this role, he will have oversight of all risk, balance sheet and first line regulatory and compliance functions.
Woodforest National Bank named Willy Gomez as regional president of Commercial Banking for their Florida market. Gomez will spearhead the opening of offices and the hiring of 25 bankers.
Troy Grasinger joined Sterling National Bank’s Public Finance team as managing director and vice president, covering the eastern portion of the U.S.
Plaza Bancorp named Rick Sowers president of both the company and Plaza Bank. Sowers joined Plaza Bank in 2015 through the merger with Bank of Manhattan.