NBT’s Wiles named to Risk Management Association board

NORWICH — NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) announced that Amy Wiles — its executive VP and chief credit officer and chief risk officer — was elected to the Risk Management Association’s (RMA) board of directors.

The RMA is a not-for-profit, professional association that advances the use of sound risk-management principles in the financial-services industry, NBT said in a news release. RMA has 1,900 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions. They are represented in the association by 18,500 individuals located throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.

Wiles has more than 35 years of experience in banking. She joined NBT in 2015 as senior VP and chief credit officer, and was promoted in 2017 to her current position. Prior to joining NBT, Wiles had previous senior management experience with both KeyBank and JP Morgan Chase, per the release.

A native of Syracuse, Wiles earned her bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

NBT Bancorp is a financial holding company headquartered in Norwich, with total assets of $9.7 billion as of Sept. 30. The company primarily operates through NBT Bank, N.A., a full-service community bank, and through two financial-services firms. NBT Bank has about 150 branches in six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.