Berkshire Bank has hired away former People’s United Bank senior officer Peter Samson to be its regional commercial-loan chief in Hartford.
Samson is a senior vice president and regional manager at the $6.5 billion-asset Pittsfield, Mass., bank, the lender said.
He succeeds Sheryl McQuade, who ran Berkshire’s Hartford region after its buyout of former Connecticut Bank & Trust but in January joined rival United Bank in Glastonbury as a senior credit officer in its Springfield region office.
He had the same title at People’s United, where he also was assigned to the Bridgeport lender’s Hartford region office.
A 26-year veteran, Samson’s previous stops included TD Bank and Webster Bank.
He received his BS from Central Connecticut State University and an MBA from the University of Hartford.
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