New York regional lender First Niagara Financial Group Inc. has chosen Hartford banker Jeff L. Hubbard to oversee its banking team here and in Massachusetts.
Hubbard joins Buffalo-based First Niagara from TD Bank, where he was a vice president and managed its Hartford region and oversaw its commercial, middle-market and small-business lending activities. A Guilford resident, he will be based in New Haven.
“I’m excited by the opportunity to help make a real difference for consumers and businesses in this market,” Hubbard said in a statement Friday.
Hubbard, too, will oversee a large chunk of First Niagara’s commercial banking business, the bank said.
Before TD Bank, Hubbard was senior risk officer for Bank of America. He was a senior vice president and manager at Webster Bank from 2002 to 2009, running its Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island franchises.
Hubbard has a business administration degree from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, a mastery certificate from UConn Business School, and is currently enrolled at the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Wharton University.
He sits on the boards of the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, Greater Hartford YMCA, and Hartford microlender HEDCO Inc. He is a former board member of the Community Investment Corporation, Connecticut.
