First Niagara Financial Group has announced the appointment of Jay McGuinness as the new vice president and relationship manager for business banking.
McGuinness will manage existing clients and develop new commercial business relationships for companies with up to $25 million in revenue in northeastern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts. He will operate out of First Niagara’s New England region commercial banking office in Manchester.
Prior to joining First Niagara, McGuinness served as VP-commercial loan officer at Connecticut Innovations and as senior VP-commercial loan consultant and chief financial officer at United Mortgage Finance Group. He has also held positions at CenterBank, Connecticut Bank and Trust and Connecticut National Bank.
