Ledyard National Bank has announced the promotion of Alison Bruce to Senior Vice President. Alison is a long-term Ledyard employee who celebrated her 16th anniversary with the bank this past year. This new title is an acknowledgement of how her role has expanded as Compliance and BSA Officer, Information Security Officer, CRA Officer, Privacy Officer, and Security Officer.
She is responsible for overseeing audit and compliance functions for the organization, and leads cross departmental risk and compliance committees. She develops compliance policies and procedures and presents to audit committee and the Ledyard Board of Directors.
Alison is a graduate of the Community College of Vermont and holds diplomas in Bank Operations, Commercial Lending, and Consumer Lending from the American Institute of Banking. She is a certified community bank compliance officer with the Independent Community Bankers Association, a certified compliance manager through the Institute of Certified Bankers, and holds the Wharton Leadership Certificate from The University of Pennsylvania/The Wharton School. In 2014, Alison completed the Executive Education Program through the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking and completed the Executive Leadership and Risk Management Program through the Risk Management Association in 2015.
Ledyard Financial Group, Inc., headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire, is the holding company for Ledyard National Bank. Ledyard National Bank, founded in 1991, is a full service community bank offering a broad range of banking, investment, tax and wealth management services in the Dartmouth Lake Sunapee Region. Ledyard National Bank has eight offices with locations in Hanover, Lebanon, Lyme, New London, and West Lebanon, New Hampshire and in Norwich.