NEW ENGLAND
Bank Rhode Island of Providence has hired Jeffrey W. Angus as its chief operating officer.
He will oversee operations, management information systems, administrative services, and human resources for the $1.4 billion-asset unit of Bancorp Rhode Island Inc.
Mr. Angus was the senior vice president of information systems and a corporate officer at New England Business Service Inc. He oversaw technology support at 17 manufacturing plants, 11 call centers, seven e-commerce sites, and eight administrative locations for the Groton, Mass., provider of office supplies and business services.
Before that he had been the vice president of management information systems for the Framingham retailer TJX Corp.
A spokeswoman for Bank Rhode Island said it sought someone who had experience outside the banking industry in order to bring a "fresh perspective" to the chief operating officer's job.
Mr. Angus succeeded Don McQueen, who is planning to leave the bank soon but will remain its chief credit officer until then.
Merchants Bank of South Burlington, Vt., said Geoffrey R. Hesslink would become a senior lender and the head of its commercial banking group Jan. 1.
Mr. Hesslink, who will also be promoted from vice president to senior vice president, has been a corporate banking officer for the $1.1 billion-asset unit of Merchants Bancshares Inc. since 1996. He joined the bank in 1995.
MIDWEST
First Financial Bancorp of Hamilton, Ohio, has hired Richard Barbercheck as its chief risk officer.
Before joining the $3.7 billion-asset parent of First Financial Bank, Mr. Barbercheck managed the credit risk evaluation group at Irwin Financial Corp. of Columbus, Ind.
He has 24 years of banking experience.
Rurban Financial Corp. of Defiance, Ohio, which owns the $418 million-asset State Bank and Trust Co., has named Duane L. Sinn as its chief financial officer.
He succeeded James E. Adams, who has resigned.
Mr. Sinn, a 15-year veteran of Rurban, was its senior vice president of asset and liability management. Before that he had been the company's controller for five years.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
First Community Bancshares Inc. of Bluefield, Va., has hired Mark A. Wendel as its chief financial officer.
Mr. Wendel was the corporate controller at BankAtlantic Bancorp, which owns the $6 billion-asset BankAtlantic of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Before that he had been the chief accounting officer and corporate controller at National Commerce Financial Corp. of Memphis.
He has 21 years of financial services experience.
First Community is the parent of the $2 billion-asset First Community Bank.
Community Bank System Inc. of Syracuse, N.Y., said that Mark E. Tryniski would become the president and chief executive officer of the company and its $4.2 billion-asset Community Bank on July 31.
He will succeed Sanford A. Belden, who will retire at that time but will remain a director and the company's vice chairman. Mr. Belden will also chair a board committee on growth and acquisition initiatives.
Mr. Tryniski, who is an executive vice president, has been the chief operating officer of Community Bank System since February 2004. He joined the company in 2003 as its chief financial officer.
Before that he had been a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., where he served banking and financial services clients.
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PremierWest Bank of Medford, Ore., has named Bob DuMilieu to fill the newly created job of executive vice president of branch administration.
Mr. DuMilieu was a senior vice president and the southern Oregon regional administrator for the $890 million-asset unit of PremierWest Bancorp, which he joined in 2002.
Before that he had held similar jobs at Washington Mutual Bank of Seattle and, earlier, at Western Bank, which Wamu bought in 1996. (The Western Bank name was retained until 2001).
