Fleet Recruits A Chase Exec For Commercial Banking in N.Y.

Fleet Bank, Jersey City, has hired John C. Simons as an executive vice president and market manager for commercial banking in New York.

He had been a senior vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank, responsible for middle-market businesses on Manhattan's East Side.

With Fleet, Mr. Simons will be responsible for middle-market and large corporate banking in New York City and in Westchester and Rockland counties in New York State.

The New Jersey bank, a unit of Boston-based Fleet Financial Group, also hired Stephen A. Jarossy as a vice president.

He will be based in Glen Rock, N.J., and will be responsible for developing and managing a portfolio of corporate banking relationships in the northern part of the state.

Mr. Jarossy was a vice president at PNC Bank Corp. and previously worked for Midlantic National Bank.

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