Berkshire Bank added two new bankers to its retail and commercial teams in Central New York.
Christopher Papayanakos is now senior vice president of commercial banking and Sandra Hill has joined Berkshire as vice president of retail banking.
Papayanakos was previously with M&T Bank as a senior commercial executive and has 30 years of business banking experience. He oversaw the middle-market and commercial real estate segments for M&T’s Central New York region.
Hill has 20 years of retail banking experience, most recently with Citizens Bank where she was a vice president and regional sales manager for Central New York.
Pittsfield, Mass.–based Berkshire has assets of $5.3 billion and 75 branches in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. The company first entered the Central New York market in 2011 with its acquisition of Rome Savings Bank and acquired DeWitt–based Beacon Federal in October.
Berkshire Bank’s parent company is Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB).
Contact Tampone at ktampone@cnybj.com
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