Provident Financial Services Inc. has hired Alan D. Segars as vice president and investment management officer of its wealth management group.
Segars was a managing director and senior equity portfolio manager for ING Investment Management Co. Before that, he was a managing partner with Grigsby Branford Capital Partners as well as head of fixed-income management for Bank of New York.
Provident, which announced the hiring Thursday, has 84 branches in northern and central New Jersey.
The company is based in Jersey City, N.J.