Longtime Webster Bank executive Timothy D. Bergstrom has left the Stamford-based regional lender to join a local community bank.
Bergstrom has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Thomaston Savings Bank, which has 16 branches and $1.8 billion in assets.
He succeeds Rosemary Briglia, who will be leaving Thomaston Savings later this year, the bank said.
Bergstrom spent the last 27 years with Webster Bank, which has $78.9 billion in assets, as regional president, managing the business banking team in Connecticut. Additionally, he managed the bank’s Small Business Administration lending program.
Prior to joining Webster Bank in 1998, he held various roles at Centerbank in Waterbury, including as regional manager in the bank’s community banking division.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tim to Thomaston Savings Bank,” said Stephen Lewis, president and CEO Thomaston Savings. “His extensive experience in community and business banking will be a tremendous asset to our team. Welcome aboard!”
Bergstrom, a UConn alum, is active in the Hartford and Waterbury regions. He currently serves on the board and executive committee of the Waterbury Regional Chamber; as vice chair of the board of Waterbury Housing Fund; chairman of the board of Community Investment Corp.; board and finance committee member of CCARC; and budget and finance committee member of the MetroHartford Alliance.
For the past 21 years, Briglia has been instrumental in opening new branches, establishing the bank’s client contact center, increasing product and service offerings, and leading the bank’s growing wealth management subsidiary, Thomaston Financial Services, the bank said.
