Career moves

Los Angeles-based marketplace lender AssetAvenue has named a new chief executive.

Sandy Spring Bancorp in Olney, Md., has appointed executives from the technology and legal industries to newly created seats on its board.

Promotions announced at Security Service FCU and other credit union professionals in the news.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., has promoted its head of commercial banking to president of Webster Bank and its holding company.

Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has promoted Jennifer Simmons to chief operating officer and appointed her to the executive committee.

American Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas, will promote two executives next year, after longtime chairman and chief executive Al Jones retires.

A Naveo CU executive recognized as a hero and other credit union professionals in the news.

Northrim BanCorp in Anchorage, Alaska, will give its chief executive the additional title of chairman, as its current chairman to plans to retire at year end.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has hired a former FBI deputy director to lead a new consulting group to address financial crime issues.

The acting head of New York’s Department of Financial Services will step down before the end of the year, giving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a run at reshaping a regulator that has levied billions of dollars of penalties against international banks and at times raised hackles in foreign capitals.

SunTrust Banks has promoted its Atlanta market leader to a new position in wholesale banking and has named its first woman executive to lead the Atlanta market.

Dime Community Bancshares in Brooklyn, N.Y., said that Kenneth Mahon will succeed Michael Devine as its president on Jan. 1.

Regions Financial in Birmingham, Ala., said its longtime head of operations and technology, Cindy Rogers, will retire at the end of the year.

America First exec recognized by the Air Force and more honors and appointments.

Daniel P. Dyer, the chief executive officer of Marlin Business Services in Mount Laurel, N.J., has retired.

Crossroads Bank in Effingham, Ill., has selected Michael Defend as its new chief executive. Defend, who will also serve as president, will step into his new role at the beginning of next year.

Foundation Bancorp in Bellevue, Wash., is searching for a new chief executive. The company said in a press release Tuesday that Diane Dewbrey resigned a day earlier "to pursue other interests."

Deutsche Bank has appointed Kim Hammonds to its management board and promoted her to chief operating officer.

There was a time when IT was seen strictly as a support function. Today, it is so interwoven into nearly every aspect of running a credit union, that it’s increasingly common to see a stint in the server room on the resume of the person who is now running the whole operation from the corner office.

The online lender Enova International has hired an ex-HSBC executive as its chief operating officer.