Hits and Has-Beens

Published March 01, 2006, 2:00 a.m. EST

Updated March 01, 2006, 10:51 a.m. EST

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Former Wachovia CFO Robert P. Kelly was named to succeed Martin McGuinn as chairman and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Mellon Financial Corp.

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Wachovia's CFO post will be filled by Tom Wurtz, formerly the bank's treasurer.

Ellen Alemany has been appointed CEO of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking's global transaction services. She most recently led the Global Consumer Group's commercial business unit.

Steven F. Stein was tapped to lead the home-loan retail-production sales channel at Washington Mutual.

First State Bank of Cranford, NJ, has appointed William T. Heath (left) president and CEO, Theodore Kest CFO and COO, and Douglas Conover evp and chief lending officer. Michael R. Alicea was named svp of retail banking and Thomas C. Haramis was appointed svp of the commercial banking group.

Al Tappe, a former CTO of a Countrywide Home Loans unit, was named COO of real-estate lending at Citigroup. (c) 2006 U.S. Banker and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.us-banker.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

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