PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkshire
Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) has appointed Peter Samson to Senior Vice President,
Commercial Leader for Berkshire's
Connecticut Region.
Samson joins Berkshire from
People's United Bank where he served as Senior Vice President and
Regional Manager – Commercial Banking, focused on providing
financing solutions and financial services to middle market
companies. Samson has 26 years of commercial lending
experience in the Hartford, CT
market, including previous roles at TD Banknorth and Webster Bank. He received his BS from
Central Connecticut State University
and an MBA from the University of Hartford.
George Bacigalupo, Executive Vice
President and Head of Commercial Banking commented, "I am pleased
to have Pete join the bank and take on a leadership role in our
Connecticut market. With his
extensive relationships and middle market lending experience in and
around Hartford, he is the right
person to build on the commercial banking success Berkshire has had in this region. The
Hartford-Springfield corridor is seeing significant
development including infrastructure and new businesses and we are
excited about the growth opportunities available from combining an
enhanced Connecticut team with our
expanding presence in Springfield."
Samson is leading Berkshire's
commercial lending team in Connecticut providing strategic direction to
support and expand customer relationships throughout all lines of
business including lending, depository, insurance and wealth
management. He is working closely with David Osella, SVP Commercial Relationship
Manager, Susan Chamberlain, VP
Private Banking and Ryan
Shorette, VP Regional Branch Manager – CT along with the
business banking and wealth management teams. Samson is
located at Berkshire's Connecticut
Regional Headquarters: 58 State House Square, Hartford, CT 06103. Peter F. Samson, SVP Commercial Regional Leader,
860-266-4068, psamson@berkshirebank.com
BACKGROUND
Berkshire Hills Bancorp is the parent of
Berkshire Bank – America's Most Exciting Bank®. The Company has
$6.5 billion in assets and 91
full-service branch offices in Massachusetts, New
York, Connecticut, and
Vermont providing personal and
business banking, insurance, and wealth management services.
Berkshire has a pending agreement
to acquire Hampden Bancorp, the parent of Hampden Bank, which has $706 million in assets and operates ten offices
in the Springfield, Massachusetts
area.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are several factors that
could cause actual results to differ significantly from
expectations described in the forward-looking statements. For a
discussion of such factors, please see Berkshire's most recent reports on Forms 10-K
and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Berkshire does not undertake any obligation to
update forward-looking statements.
CONTACTS
Investor Relations Contact
Allison O'Rourke; Senior Vice
President, Investor Relations Officer; 413-236-3149
Media Contact
Ray Smith; Assistant Vice President,
Marketing; 413-236-3756
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