Five Maine banks Machias Savings, Bath Savings Trust Co., KeyBank, Saco & Biddeford Savings and Katahdin Trust announced significant personnel moves in recent weeks.
NEW HIRES The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired Eric Belley as its new president and CEO. Selected after a nationwide search, he fills the position vacated by Tom Peaco in June. Belley has served as a business development officer for several community banks in the Camden-Rockland region over a span of nearly […]
Diane Sturgeon named SBA district director for Maine
The U.S. Small Business Administration has named
Diane Sturgeon district director of its Maine District Office. Sturgeon has worked for the SBA for nine years in the Maine office and most recently served as deputy district director. She joined the SBA in 2012 as a lender relations specialist and has more than 10 years of banking experience, having worked in a variety of roles for both community and national lenders. A graduate of the University of Maine with a degree in secondary education, Sturgeon has also completed the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders Fundamentals Diploma Program. Sturgeon succeeds Amy Bassett, who held the position from January 2017 until December 2020.