Jonathan Watson, Chief Risk Officer of Merchants Bank, announces Madalena Rodrigues has been hired for the position of Audit Manager. Rodrigues has over ten years of banking experience, primarily in internal audit and risk advisory services. She is a University of Rhode Island graduate and has earned the Six Sigma Green Belt certification for process improvement. Madalena resides in Essex, Vermont.
Established in 1849, Merchants Bank is Vermont’s largest and sole remaining statewide independent bank. Consumer, business, municipal and investment customers enjoy personalized relationships, sophisticated online and mobile banking options, and 32 branches statewide. Merchants Bank (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender, NASDAQ “MBVT”) and Merchants Trust Company employ approximately 300 full-time employees and 40 part-time employees statewide, and have earned several “Best Places to Work in Vermont” awards. American Banker ranks Merchants Bank a “Top 200” in America among 851 peers.