MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Bank of the Somerset Hills in Bernardsville, N.J., has promoted executive vice president Paul E. Fitzgerald to president.
He succeeded Dennis C. Longwell, who remains chief executive officer.
Mr. Fitzgerald, who remains the banks senior loan officer, came to it this year from a first vice presidency at Valley National Bank in Passaic, which last year bought his employer of two years, Ramapo Bank in Wayne.
Earlier he had been a senior vice president at Chemical Bank New Jersey in Morristown, now part of Chase Manhattan Corp.; and a vice president at National Westminster Bank USA in New York (now part of FleetBoston Financial Corp.) and at Midlantic National Bank in Newark (now part of PNC Financial Services Group Inc.).
He has 29 years of banking experience.
WESTCitizens Business Bank in Ontario, Calif., has hired five vice presidents, including three who held that rank at Bank of America Corp. Duane S. Keene, Phillip Glasgow, and Cindy Duffin.
Mr. Keene works in Citizens sales and services division. He managed Bank of Americas City of Industry branch. He has 32 years of experience in business and commercial banking at Bank of America and the old BankAmerica Corp.
Mr. Glasgow is the banking officer in charge of Citizens Katella branch. He was a business banking officer at Bank of America, where he managed loan and commercial real estate portfolios. Before that he had been the owner and managing director of Glasgow & Associates, a management group that helped bring financial institutions into compliance with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Ms. Duffin is an asset management officer. She was a senior associate relationship officer in the private banking division at Bank of America. Before that she had been an administrator and compliance officer there. She has 10 years of private banking and trust services experience.
The other new Citizens vice presidents are Martha Arnold and Louis J. Buitron Jr.
Ms. Arnold is a real estate officer in Citizens corporate office in Ontario. She was an assistant vice president and commercial real estate loan officer at City National Bank in Beverly Hills, where she was responsible for the administration of commercial real estate loan portfolios and the development of new loan and borrowing relationships. She has 36 years of banking and real estate experience.
Mr. Buitron is the banking officer in charge of Citizens San Gabriel branch. He was a senior vice president and loan administrator in Downey for Calwest Bank of Torrance (now part of Belvedere Capital Partners). Before that he had been a vice president and administrative manager at Community Bank in Pasadena. He has 32 years of banking experience and specializes in commercial lending and deposit relationships.
Citizens, a subsidiary of CVB Bancorp in Ontario, has $2.1 billion of assets.
Pacific Capital Bancorp in Santa Barbara, Calif., has hired Frederick W. Clough as senior vice president and general counsel.He will assume his new role in February and will succeed Jay Smith, who will retire in March after 22 years with the $3.6 billion-asset company. Mr. Smith will remain corporate secretary.
Mr. Clough is the managing partner of Reicker, Clough, Pfau, Pyle, McRoy & Herman LLP, the Santa Barbara law firm that he helped create in 1996. Before that he had been a partner at Schramm & Raddue in Santa Barbara for 14 years.
