Former Fannie Mae executive Theresa M. Messina is joining Webster Bank’s parent as chief accounting officer.
Messina will oversee all accounting and treasury operations for Waterbury-based Webster Financial Corp. She reports to Jerry Plush, Webster’s senior executive vice president and chief financial officer/chief risk officer.
Announcement of her hiring comes one day after Webster disclosed plans to fill 150 positions as it gears up to double its lending to $850 million this year.
“Terri brings a wealth of experience in financial services,” Plush said.
Messina was with Fannie Mae, the quasi-public underwriter of home mortgages, from 2006. There, she directed strategic operations involving more than 18 million single-family mortgages totaling more than $3 trillion.
Messina was a partner in audit and advisory services at Ernst & Young in New York City between 2000 and 2006. From 1995 to 1998, she was senior vice president for operations at Fidelity Management Trust Co. in Boston, where she managed daily operations for the institutional business and directed a staff of more than 300.
Messina is a graduate of Lehigh University and has an MBA in corporate finance from St. Joseph’s University. Â She is a certified public accountant and is licensed in New York and Pennsylvania.
