MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Hyperion Bank of Philadelphia has hired Wayne S. Hardenbrook as its executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Mr. Hardenbrook had been the executive vice president and CFO of Boardwalk Bank in Linwood, N.J., since 1999. . He also has held executive positions at Westinghouse Credit Corp., the consumer finance arm of Westinghouse Electric Corp., and Premium Bank, which E-Trade Financial Corp. bought in 1998.
Hyperion has $29 million of assets.
MIDWESTNew Century Bank, a Chicago unit of NCB Holdings Inc., has hired Mary Roche as the first vice president of commercial real estate in its commercial banking division.
Ms. Roche was the associate managing director at PrivateBank, where she led business development efforts. Before that she had been a partner at Horwitz & Co., a real estate development company.
She has also held senior executive positions at local banks, including Mid Town Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago, which MidAmerica Bank, now a subsidiary of National City Corp., bought in 2001.
She will oversee the $465 million-asset New Century's commercial real estate portfolio, including commercial loans and building projects.
Ameriana Bank of New Castle, Ind., has hired Deborah C. Robinson as its chief marketing officer and senior vice president of retail banking.
Ms. Robinson will oversee efforts to expand and retain customer relationships at the $425 million-asset unit of Ameriana Bancorp and will lead the development and execution of marketing strategies.
She was the vice president of marketing for northern Indiana, southwestern Michigan, Indianapolis, and Louisville at Old National Bancorp. Before that she had been the vice president and director of marketing at American National Bank and Trust Co. of Muncie until Old National bought it in 2000.
SOUTHEASTRoyal Palm Bank of Florida, a Naples unit of Mercantile Bancorp Inc. of Quincy, Ill., has hired J. Gregory Murphy as its president.
Mr. Murphy was the president and chief executive officer of Community Bank of Naples, where he had worked since 1998. Before that he had held jobs at AmSouth Bank of Florida and Bancflorida.
Royal Palm Bank has $167 million of assets.
First State Bank of Sarasota, Fla., has promoted Dennis Grinsteiner to executive vice president.
Mr. Grinsteiner will remain the chief financial officer, a job he has held since joining the $470 million-asset unit of First State Financial Corp. in 2003 as a senior vice president.
Before that he had been the executive vice president and CFO at Southern Exchange Bank, which First National Bank of Florida bought in 2003.
WESTTri-Valley Bank of San Ramon, Calif., has hired Nesly Moquete as the vice president of business development for its Livermore branch.
Ms. Moquete was a vice president at Heritage Bank of Commerce in San Jose and helped establish its East Bay branch in Fremont. She had worked for Heritage since 1987. Tri-Valley Bank has $85 million of assets.
Wilshire Bancorp Inc. of Los Angeles has promoted Joanne Kim to president and chief executive officer.
Ms. Kim became executive vice president of the $2.1 billion-asset company in 2005. Before that she had been a senior vice president at Wilshire since 2004. She joined its Wilshire Bank as a senior vice president and the chief lending officer in 1999. She has been the company's interim president and CEO since December.
Columbia River Bank of The Dalles, Ore., has hired Craig Hummel as its executive vice president and chief credit officer.
He will oversee the management and development of credit administration functions at the $1 billion-asset unit of Columbia Bancorp, including analysis and underwriting of all loan types, credit approval, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance.
Mr. Hummel was a senior vice president and regional credit administrator at West Coast Bank in Lake Oswego. He will be based in Vancouver, Wash.
