Citizens Commercial Banking, the commercial banking division of Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG), has announced that Kathryn Leech has been hired as Vice President and Relationship Manager.
Leech joins the commercial bank following a stint at Merchants Bank in Bennington, VT, where she was vice president in corporate banking. Prior to that, she was vice president at People’s United Bank.
A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Leech began her career with Bank of America and then worked as an assistant vice president at Bank of New England; the executive director of the Dorset (VT) Education Foundation; and as a mortgage originator at Mortgage Solutions Inc.
“We are very pleased to be adding someone with Kathryn’s experience to our growing team,” said Joe Carelli, president of Citizens Bank, New Hampshire. “Kathryn has a wealth of banking experience in northern New England and will help us continue to deliver great ideas and execute for our clients as we expand our business.”
“This is a very exciting time for Citizens and I’m very happy to be joining the Citizens Commercial Banking team,” said Leech. “I look forward to drawing on my industry expertise as we expand the business and bring our clients great ideas to help them achieve their financial goals.”
Formerly known as RBS Citizens, Citizens Commercial Banking is the commercial banking division of Providence, R.I.-based Citizens Financial Group.