NBT promotes Murphy to chief credit officer

NORWICH — NBT Bancorp, Inc., the Norwich–based parent company of NBT Bank, N.A. has promoted James Murphy to chief credit officer.

In this role, Murphy is responsible for managing credit-risk exposures within the banking company’s loan portfolios, including credit quality, trends, diversification, and performance, NBT said in a news release.

Murphy joined NBT Bank in 2012 as regional credit officer, supporting the company’s commercial-banking teams with underwriting, credit approvals, and portfolio management in its New York and New England markets.

Before joining NBT Bank he was a senior vice president and credit executive for JP Morgan Chase Bank — overseeing that company’s Albany, Syracuse, and New England markets.

With more than 30 years of experience in commercial lending, Murphy is based at NBT headquarters in Norwich, the company said.

NBT Bancorp (NASDAQ: NBTB) is a financial holding company with total assets of $7.6 billion as of March 31.

The company primarily operates through NBT Bank, N.A., a full-service community bank with three divisions, and through two financial-services companies.

NBT Bank, N.A. has 160 locations, including 120 NBT Bank offices in upstate New York, northwestern Vermont, and western Massachusetts, 35 Pennstar Bank offices in northeastern Pennsylvania, and five Hampshire First Bank offices in southern New Hampshire.

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