Hanover names CRE lending chief; Columbia Financial adds chief banking officer

S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a daily roundup of management and board changes in the US and Canadian bank and thrift industry. This feature excludes C-level leadership changes and stories previously covered by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Mineola, New York-based Hanover Bancorp Inc. the bank holding company of Hanover Community Bank, appointed William Newham III executive vice president and chief commercial real estate lending officer.

Newham III previously worked at Dime Community Bancshares Inc., most recently as executive vice president and group leader of commercial real estate lending.

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Fair Lawn, New Jersey-based Columbia Financial Inc., the mid-tier holding company of Columbia Bank, named Dennis Gibney first senior executive vice president and chief banking officer of the company and the bank, effective Jan. 29.

In connection with Gibney's promotion, Thomas Splaine Jr., first senior vice president and chief accounting officer of the company and the bank, was appointed executive vice president and CFO of the company and the bank.

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Greenville, South Carolina-based United Community Banks Inc. named Sharon Thompson chief commercial banking officer.

Thompson most recently served as United Community's Florida state president, according to a Jan. 22 release.

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Elizabeth Miller will retire from the board of directors of Glen Falls, New York-based Arrow Financial Corp. at the company's 2026 shareholders meeting.

Miller served on the board since 2017.