S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a daily roundup of management and board changes in the financial services and bank and thrift industries. This feature excludes key C-level leadership changes, which are covered separately, and stories previously covered by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Banking
Laconia, N.H.-based Bank of New Hampshire promoted Dona Murray to senior vice president/investment officer.
Murray, who joined the bank's wealth management team 10 years ago, has over 30 years of financial and investment services experience.
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Jonathan Melton joined La Jolla, Calif.-based Silvergate Capital Corp. as director of digital asset lending.
Before joining Silvergate, Melton was a director in the institutions group at Xapo, a bitcoin custodian acquired by Coinbase Custody in 2019.
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Glens Falls, N.Y.-based Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. appointed John VanNatten regional market leader for the Adirondack Region.
VanNatten, who joined the bank in 2000 as a branch manager in Plattsburgh, will oversee the Essex and Clinton county market areas.
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Concord, N.H.-based New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp announced that David Cronin has been promoted to executive vice president and chief human resources officer.
Cronin was promoted to human resources director for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp in 2014.
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Eldorado, Ill.-based Legence Bank named Justin Fetcho business development officer.
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Rockland, Mass.-based Rockland Trust Co. appointed Alastair Ironside chief marketing officer.
Prior to joining Rockland Trust, Ironside co-led the global internal strategy consulting group for Liberty Mutual Insurance.
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Port Orchard, Wash.-based Kitsap Bank promoted Taylor Jernigan to assistant vice president and employee relationship administrator.
Jernigan was previously human resources generalist.
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Carmel, Ind.-based Merchants Bank of Indiana hired Tony Boddie as vice president and senior business development officer of its Small Business Administration lending team.
Before joining the bank, Boddie worked as vice president and business development officer for Fidelity. He is working remotely in Dayton, Ohio.
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Franklin, Ind.-based Mutual Savings Bank appointed Anne McGuinness vice president of human resources and trust services.
McGuinness joins from the Indiana State Department of Health, where she was chief litigator.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico-based First BanCorp.'s board elected Félix Villamil to serve on the boards of both the company and unit FirstBank Puerto Rico, effective Oct. 30.
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Toronto-based Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. appointed Michael Warner to its board.
Warner, who joined the firm in 1995, is the senior vice president of mortgage lending.
Financial services
AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc.'s board appointed company Controller Anthony Rossiello to serve in a temporary capacity as acting principal accounting officer.
Rossiello will serve in the absence of the company's chief accounting officer and principal accounting officer, Alison Halpern, who is on maternity leave.
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San Diego-based Mitek Systems Inc. appointed Kimberly Stevenson to its board.
Stevenson is currently a senior vice president and general manager at NetApp Inc.
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Bethesda, Md.-based Walker & Dunlop Inc.'s wholly owned alternative investment manager, Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners Inc., hired Michael Link as director on the capital formation team.
Before joining Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Link served as assistant vice president of investor relations at Massachusetts-based Brookwood Financial Partners.
Link will be based in the firm's Denver headquarters.
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San Francisco-based JMP Group LLC appointed Staci Slaughter to its board, effective Nov. 5.
Slaughter is executive vice president of communications and senior adviser to the CEO of the San Francisco Giants.
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Melissa Smith was elected as independent director to the board of Atlanta-based Equifax Inc. Smith was also appointed to the board's governance committee.
Smith has been president and CEO of WEX Inc. since 2014.
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Los Angeles-based Houlihan Lokey Inc. elected Ekpedeme Bassey and Cyrus Walker to its board as independent directors, effective immediately.
Bassey is chief learning and diversity officer for The Kraft Heinz Co. Walker is the founder and CEO of insurance brokerage and consulting firm The Dibble Group.