News: Financial Digest
Posted: March 13, 2014
Rockville Bank promotes Kucia to chief credit officer and hires Paulson
According to William Crawford, president and CEO of Rockville Bank and Rockville Financial, Inc. , Mark Kucia, currently executive vice president and head of commercial banking, is being promoted to chief credit officer. Kucia has built the commercial banking line of business at Rockville Bank from $350 million in commercial loans to now $1.1 billion in commercial loans.
Also, Dave Paulson will be joining Rockville Bank as executive vice president, head of wholesalebanking. Paulson is a 29-year corporate and commercial banker with an exceptional banking reputation in the eastern United States. 25 of his 29 years in commercial banking were dedicated to the New England region as well as New York.
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