Christopher Campise brings more than 25 years of tech leadership WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, recently announced that it has appointed Christopher Campise as senior VP, chief information officer of the bank. In this role, Campise will lead the development and implementation of the bank’s technology […]
Christopher Campise brings more than 25 years of tech leadership
WARSAW, N.Y. — Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, recently announced that it has appointed Christopher Campise as senior VP, chief information officer of the bank. In this role, Campise will lead the development and implementation of the bank’s technology strategies, systems, and processes, while further enhancing the information-technology infrastructure to support the banking company’s long-term objectives. Campise will report to W. Jack Plants II, executive VP, chief financial officer, and treasurer, according to a Nov. 4 announcement from Financial Institutions. Campise joins Five Star from Delaware North Companies, where he served as senior director of enterprise architecture since 2021. Prior to that, he helped lead enterprise architecture during his seven-year tenure at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and spent nine years with the University at Buffalo. Earlier in his career, he worked at several Western New York technology and software companies. “Chris brings tremendous experience to Five Star Bank in terms of his proven ability to lead and execute IT strategy that advances business goals and objectives,” Plants said. “His varied experience, including in other highly regulated industries, will serve him well here and we are pleased to be benefitting from his fresh perspective and results-driven approach.” Campise is based at the Five Star Bank Centre in Amherst, near Buffalo. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Canisius College. Campise is a past volunteer with Mission: Ignite and InfoTech WNY. Financial Institutions is a financial holding company, based in Warsaw in New York’s Wyoming County, with about $6.2 billion in assets, offering banking and wealth-management products and services. Its Five Star Bank subsidiary provides consumer and commercial banking and lending services to individuals, municipalities, and businesses through banking locations spanning Western and Central New York and a commercial-loan production office serving the Mid-Atlantic region. Five Star Bank’s Central New York offices include a commercial-loan production office in Syracuse and retail branches in Auburn, Waterloo, and Geneva. Its Courier Capital, LLC subsidiary offers investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals and families, businesses, institutions, nonprofits, and retirement plans.