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Three former United Bank commercial bankers have joined Middletown-based Liberty Bank to expand the bank’s market presence in Connecticut and enhance its credit risk function.
The bank recently announced the hiring of Dan Flynn as senior vice president and chief credit risk officer, Stephen Roche as senior vice president and regional manager for commercial banking covering the Greater Hartford market, and Rick Rabideau as first vice president and relationship manager in commercial banking covering northern Connecticut up to the Massachusetts border.
“As we look to develop new C&I and wholesale lending relationships in our footprint, strengthen our overall commercial banking portfolio and grow deposits and loans, it requires us to make strategic hiring decisions to build market presence, grow our commercial relationships and continue to provide exceptional customer service to our current customers,” David Glidden, president and CEO of Liberty Bank, said in a statement. “Dan, Stephen and Rick are the type of talent we’ve recruited to strategically position Liberty as a more competitive, community regional bank of choice.”
Flynn is replacing Denise Brewer, who is retiring from Liberty in March 2020. He joins Liberty after spending the last five years at United Bank, which was acquired by People’s United Bank in November. Flynn was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of wholesale banking at United. His career spans three decades in various functions of commercial banking, including individual loan and deposit production, credit risk, senior management and team building.
Dan Flynn
Prior to United, Flynn was senior vice president and market manager at People’s United Bank in western Massachusetts and an executive vice president and senior lender with the Bank of Western Massachusetts. Flynn is on the Massachusetts Bankers Commercial Credit Committee and the CDC New England CT Loan Committee.
Roche managed a team of commercial bankers and portfolio managers at United. He previously spent nearly 15 years at TD Bank, where he was the senior vice president and regional manager responsible for a team of middle market bankers in Connecticut. Roche was also with People’s United Bank in Hartford from 1994 to 2001. He is currently on the board of directors for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.
Stephen Roche
Rabideau was the senior vice president and commercial team leader for United’s western Massachusetts and Springfield market. Prior to United, Rabideau was with People’s United Bank where he served as senior vice president and commercial team leader in Springfield. His banking career started in 1986 with Shawmut Bank, where he was a commercial banker from 1988 to 1996. He then joined First International Bank/UPS Capital.
Rick Rabideau
“While we continue to be laser focused on our customers, we need to build on our identity as a strong community regional bank – this means enhancing our presence in key markets and building more relationships with businesses right here in Connecticut,” Eugene Shugrue, senior executive vice president and chief lending officer, said in a statement. “Dan, Steve and Rick are key additions who will help us do just that for our customers.”
Liberty Bank in December had announced that Jeff Hubbard had joined the bank as senior vice president and regional manager covering the Greater New Haven market.
