Laconia Savings Bank in New Hampshire has hired Mark Primeau as its president and chief executive officer.
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Mr. Primeau held various executive posts for the past 19 years at Eastern Bank in Boston, including president of consumer and small-business banking and chairman of Eastern Insurance Group LLC.
Laconia Savings, a unit of LSB Financial, is a state-chartered thrift with $845 million of assets.
In 2007 its earnings rose about 14%, to $4.1 million, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data.
Founded in 1831, it is one of the New Hampshire's oldest financial institutions.
