Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank, named James “Jamie” M. Moses senior executive vice president, chief financial officer of the company and the bank. Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Josephine Iannelli has chosen to leave the company to pursue other opportunities.

Moses joins Berkshire from Webster Bank where he served as senior vice president and Asset/Liability manager. His responsibilities included strategic planning and forecasting, capital strategies, DFAST stress testing, and business line profitability modeling. He joined Webster in 2011 from M&T Bank where he spent four years in various roles including head mortgage trader, deposit products pricing manager and consumer credit card product manager. Before that, he was in bond and mortgage trading and securitization with United Benelux Investments and with Credit Suisse.

“We are excited to have someone with Jamie’s asset-liability management skills and knowledge base in risk and liquidity administration and profitability strategies,” said Michael Daly, Berkshire CEO. “With over 15 years of diverse experience in finance and banking management, he will bring a fresh perspective to the company and the bank as we continue to grow and pursue our strategic objectives.”