"It's not complicated," explained
Joseph Westcott, First Vice President,
Commercial Banking, at PeoplesBank.
"A willingness to listen and learn about
an individual business is critical, of
course, but in the end, you have to
be able to provide them with the best
solutions. That's how you earn the right
to become a trusted advisor."
What's in a Name? Everything.
Michael J. Oleksak
Executive Vice President,Chief Credit Officer
mjoleksak@bankatpeoples.com
Frank Crinella
Senior Vice President, Senior Lender
fcrinella@bankatpeoples.com
Lynn A. Brown
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking
labrown@bankatpeoples.com
Shaun Dwyer
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking
sdwyer@bankatpeoples.com
James Cormier
First Vice President, Commercial and
Business Banking
jcormier@bankatpeoples.com
Vicky Crouse
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
vcrouse@bankatpeoples.com
David Ference
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
dference@bankatpeoples.com
Xiaolei Hua
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
xhua@bankatpeoples.com
Matthew Krokov
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
mkrokov@bankatpeoples.com
Steve A. Parastatidis
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
sparastatidis@bankatpeoples.com
Joseph Premont
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
jpremont@bankatpeoples.com
Joseph Westcott
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
jwestcott@bankatpeoples.com
Wesley D. Tanner
First Vice President, Commercial Banking
wtanner@bankatpeoples.com
David J. Thibault, AAP, NCP
First Vice President, Cash Management
dthibault@bankatpeoples.com
Tracy Sicbaldi
Vice President, Cash Management
and Institutional Banking
tsicbaldi@bankatpeoples.com
Gina Scherbner
Assistant Vice President, Cash
Management
and Institutional Banking
gscherbner@bankatpeoples.com
"We are in it for the long
haul, and businesses
really appreciate that
stability."
— Michael Oleksak, Executive Vice President,
Chief Credit Officer
"We are a $3.6 billion
bank that has grown
almost all of that organ-
ically, meaning the hard
way by building trust in
the community and with
customers,"
— Frank Crinella, Senior Vice President,
Senior Lender
Cynthia Wszolek
Assistant Vice President, Cash Management
cwszolek@bankatpeoples.com
Joseph Williams
Assistant Vice President, Business Banking
jhwilliams@bankatpeoples.com
Cheri Mills
Assistant Vice President, Business Banking
cmills@bankatpeoples.com
for years. People's United Bank,
having recently been acquired by
a larger, investor-owned compet-
itor, will likely cease to exist as a
brand in the near future. Accord-
ing to Michael and his associate
Frank Crinella, Senior Vice Pres-
ident, Senior Lender at Peoples-
Bank, that's just the start of the
conversation.
"We are in it for the long haul,"
Michael explained, "and business-
es really appreciate that stability.
Our commercial bankers are
trusted advisors – an experienced
resource who are going to help
the business succeed. If you are
a business owner, that is a real
benefit."
Local is something else that
makes PeoplesBank unique.
"Our decisions are made here,
not in some big bank's back-
room, miles and miles away from
here," Michael stated. "We know
the community, we know the
business environment and we
really know – from working with
him or her over time – the indi-
vidual business owner's needs.
Our customers get the service
they need fast, and that makes a
bottom-line difference."
It makes Michael smile. Every
once in a while, when he intro-
duces himself and the bank he
represents, he will be greeted
with, "Oh, I've heard of People's
United Bank."
Michael, though, is Michael
Oleksak, Executive Vice President,
Chief Credit Officer at Peoples-
Bank, not People's United Bank.
"The two organizations could not
be more different," Michael
stated. PeoplesBank is a thriving
mutual bank, meaning it can't be
bought or sold, that has been
helping Connecticut businesses
"We are a $3.6 billion bank that
has grown almost all of that or-
ganically, meaning the hard way
by building trust in the commu-
nity and with customers," Frank
explained. "Decisions are made
here locally. Not only do I support
my team of business bankers,
our CEO stays involved too. He
wants to know what we are doing
to help our customers succeed.
We've built a team of trusted
advisors and a suite of innovative
products that are second to none.
That's what the name Peoples-
Bank means."
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