NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bancorp recently hired Jeffrey Delepine as senior vice president and chief compliance officer.
In this position, Delepine is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering all aspects of the bank’s compliance risk-management program. He advises the banking company on implementing new regulations and ensuring compliance with existing ones.
“His experience and expertise will help us maintain compliance and enhance our processes and controls necessary to operate within the ever-changing regulatory landscape of the banking industry,” Shauna Hyle, NBT Bancorp’s senior vice president and chief risk officer, said of Delepine.
Before joining NBT, Delepine was senior compliance officer at Fifth Third Bank. Prior to that, he held compliance positions at First Niagara Bank, State Farm Bank, Capital One Bank, and Wells Fargo Financial. He earned his bachelor’s degree at San Jose State University in California and his credentials as a certified regulatory compliance manager through the American Bankers Association.
NBT Bancorp is a financial holding company headquartered in Norwich with total assets of $7.9 billion as of June 30.
The company primarily operates through NBT Bank, N.A. and through two financial-services units. NBT Bank has 155 branches in five states including upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, northwestern Vermont, western Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.