Joseph D. Perillo has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Stamford, CT-based Patriot National Bancorp and Patriot Bank.

Perillo was brought on by the board of directors on January 3, 2017 as a senior executive consultant, tasked with assessing the finance department’s processes and improving operations and internal controls. He has been instrumental in developing multiple earnings improvement strategies, which have already proved beneficial.

Perillo began in public accounting with KPMG and then 20 years in banking with Citibank, NatWest and later as senior vice president and controller for GreenPoint Financial then one of the 50 largest banking companies in the U.S. More recently, he served 12 years as both chief accounting officer and chief financial officer for iQor, a $1.5 billion global leader in business process outsourcing.