Richard A. Bahre
Richard A. Bahre has joined The Simsbury Bank & Trust Co. as a commercial loan officer. In his new role, he will be responsible for providing business customers with high-quality personal service and support for their borrowing, cash management and investment needs.
“Mr. Bahre has impressive local business banking relationship experience that goes beyond loans and deposits,” said Charles D. Forgie, The Simsbury Bank’s executive vice president and chief lending officer. “He embodies The Simsbury Bank’s ideal of getting to know customers, understanding and anticipating their complete banking needs and then providing the solutions to those needs. We have recently announced two new branches – in Canton and Bloomfield – and thus will be broadening the area in which we serve business customers. We anticipate that Mr. Bahre will be an important part of our relationship with businesses throughout our entire market.”
“The opportunity to serve business customers in a community bank setting is very exciting,” Bahre said. “The Simsbury Bank is highly respected for its offering of full business services while providing continuous customer service and community support.”
Bahre is a longtime Farmington Valley resident, residing in North Granby since 1983, and had been with Bank of America and its predecessors since 1969. He has worked in the Farmington Valley area, serving business and retail customers, since that time.
Bahre, who is also involved in community and industry organizations, is charter treasurer of the Simsbury Main Street Partnership, treasurer of the Simsbury Lions Club and past president of the Hartford chapter of the American Institute of Banking. He is a graduate of the University of Hartford with an associate’s degree in economics and finance, graduated from the New England School of Banking at Williams College and holds an advanced certificate from the American Institute of Banking.
Bank Adds Founders
Barry J. Small and B. Todd Trimmer will participate as founders of The Bank of Greenwich, and will advise the organizers and help promote the bank.
“This is terrific news for The Bank of Greenwich and our community,” said Robert J. Oca, president and chief executive officer of the bank, which is in organization. “The experience and expertise these two business leaders bring will help us establish the best community bank possible. Our goal is to offer unparalleled customer service where clients are customers and friends, not just accounts. Barry and Todd know what that means. When The Bank of Greenwich begins operations, Greenwich will once again have a community bank headquartered in town.”
Small is president and chief executive officer of Weeden & Co., a Greenwich-based equities trading firm specializing in difficult-to-execute orders, and a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and other principal exchanges. A former professional soccer player in the National American Soccer League and the American Soccer League, he is a frequent panelist and speaker on various industry issues analyzing the institutional equity trading business and serves on various boards of directors related to the securities industry. Small, a graduate of Colgate University, and his wife Laurie reside in New Canaan with their son.
Trimmer is the sales manager and a member of the board of directors of Weeden & Co. He began his career at Weeden & Co. in 1993 as an assistant trader. In 2000, Trimmer was appointed to the firm’s Senior Management Committee and in 2001 he was promoted to managing director. In November 2004 he was promoted to sales manager with responsibility over all Greenwich sales traders and two months later was appointed to the board of directors at Weeden & Co. Trimmer, a graduate of Yale University, and his wife Meredith reside in Riverside with their three children.
