NEW ENGLAND
People's United Financial Inc., the Bridgeport, Conn., holding company for People's United Bank, has hired Jeffrey Hoyt as a senior vice president and the controller.
He will report to Philip R. Sherringham, the chief financial officer and acting chief executive officer.
Mr. Hoyt has 15 years of financial services experience.
He was a vice president of finance and the treasurer for Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. in Danbury.
The $14 billion-asset People's United Financial converted from a mutual holding company to a shareholder-owned one in April.
MIDWESTLegacy Bancorp Inc., the $172 million-asset Milwaukee holding company for Legacy Bank, said Michael A. Christopher will retire as the president, the chief operating officer, and a director for the company and its bank on Jan. 1.
A successor has not been named.
WESTEvergreenBancorp Inc. of Seattle has promoted Dan W. Curtis to executive vice president and chief lending officer.
Mr. Curtis has spent 34 years at the $385 million-asset company's EvergreenBank, most recently as a senior vice president and relationship manager.
Desert Commercial Bank of Palm Desert, Calif., has hired Tony J. Swartz as its president and chief executive officer.
He will succeed R. Albert Roensch, the $156 million-asset bank's first CEO, who will retire. The bank did not say when he would retire.
Before joining Desert Commercial, Mr. Swartz was the president and CEO of Fresno First Bank. Before that he had been the CEO of Frontier State Bank, which Zions Bancorp. of Salt Lake City bought in 2002.
Sunwest Bank, a $295 million-asset Tustin, Calif., subsidiary of Western Acquisitions LLC, has hired Jason Raefski as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer.
Mr. Raefski has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry.
He was a senior vice president and the director of finance for Vineyard Bank in Irvine. Before that he had been the senior vice president of finance and treasury for Commercial Capital Bancorp in Irvine.
Presidio Bank, a $93 million-asset San Francisco subsidiary of Belvedere Capital Partners LLC, has promoted four senior managers to expand its operations in the North Bay region.
Todd Allen will be an executive vice president and the Marin County market president; David Casassa will be a vice president and relationship manager; Carla Stone will be a vice president and branch manager; and Betsy Aldrete will be an assistant vice president and relationship service manager.
Belvedere Capital Partners has $307 million of assets.
