Stamford-based Patriot Bank has added three executives to its senior management team.
The bank said in a statement it has hired Karen Rojeski as executive vice president and chief credit officer and David Lowery as head of lending. The bank also promoted Steven Grunblatt to executive vice president and chief information officer.
“I’m pleased and excited to be able to expand the bank’s leadership team by adding such talented individuals with deep industry experience. I look forward to the efforts each of them will bring to Patriot’s success,” Patriot Bank President and CEO Robert Russell said in the statement. “These individuals have extensive records of performance and will be a substantial resource for Patriot and its customers.”
Rojeski has experience in community bank credit and lending. She was most recently executive vice president and chief credit officer at Metropolitan Commercial Bank. She was previously the senior vice president and special assets department manager at Union Savings Bank.
“I’m very pleased to be joining Patriot, and to be working with such talented credit and lending professionals,” Rojeski said.
Grunblatt joined Patriot Bank in 2014 as senior vice president and director of technology. He has over 25 years of experience in information technology, including oversight of vendor management, infrastructure and technology implementation.
“My career with the bank continues to provide new challenges and opportunities,” Grunblatt said. “I’m excited to be joining the executive management team that I’ve worked so closely with for the last seven years.”
Lowery is an experienced lending executive and will be responsible for originations, pool purchases and directing the lending function. Lowery has previously worked at Iberia Bank, Metropolitan and M&T Bank.
“I am very much looking forward to building Patriot’s commercial and consumer lending, while supporting the communities in which we do business,” Lowery said.
Patriot Bank has about $883 million in assets and nine full-service branches in Connecticut and New York.
