MIDWEST
PrivateBank, a St. Louis unit of Chicago's PrivateBancorp Inc., has hired James C. Binz and John Bugh as managing directors.
Mr. Binz had been a senior vice president and divisional manager for regional commercial banking at LaSalle Bank, which Bank of America Corp. bought in October, since last year.
Before that he had been the senior vice president of middle-market banking since joining LaSalle in 1999. Earlier he had worked in commercial banking at Mercantile Bank (now part of U.S. Bancorp) since 1988.
Mr. Bugh had been the senior vice president and division manager of commercial real estate for LaSalle since 2004.
He joined the bank in 2000 as vice president of commercial real estate in St. Louis. Before that he held various commercial and lending positions at First National Bank of St. Louis in Clayton, Mo.
Enterprise Financial Services Corp. of St. Louis has promoted Stephen P. Marsh to chairman and chief executive officer of its Enterprise Bank and Trust.
Mr. Marsh has been the bank's president and senior loan officer since 2006. He joined the $1.7 billion-asset bank in 2003 as the head of its Clayton, Mo., branch.
Before that he had been the president and senior loan officer at Southwest Bank in St. Louis.
He will oversee operations in its St. Louis and Kansas City markets.
He will begin his new job May 1 and will succeed Peter F. Benoist, who will become the president and CEO of the parent company.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Lakeland Bancorp Inc. of Oak Ridge N.J., has hired Thomas J. Shara as the president and chief executive officer for the $2.5 billion-asset company and its Lakeland Bank.
Mr. Shara had been the president and chief lending officer of the Middle Atlantic division at Toronto-Dominion Bank's TD Banknorth Inc., where he also oversaw branches in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Before that he had been executive vice president and senior loan officer at Hudson United Bank, which TD Banknorth bought in 2006.
Northfield Bank of Staten Island, N.Y., has hired Joan Dalton as its vice president and area manager for the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge.
Before joining the $1.7 billion-asset bank, Ms. Dalton was a vice president with Independence Community Bank, where she was also the area manager for Bay Ridge. She has worked in the Brooklyn banking market since joining Atlantic Bank of New York in 1976. (New York Community Bancorp. bought Atlantic in 2006.)
Signature Bank of New York has hired John J. Mulvanerty as a group director and senior vice president.
Mr. Mulvanerty had been a business financial adviser at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Before that he also had held executive positions at Washington Mutual, Dime Savings Bank of New York, which Wamu acquired in 2002, and European American Bank, which Citigroup Inc. bought in 2001.
Signature Bank has $5.8 billion of assets.
