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Signature Bank Recruits Three Private Client Teams In New York

Eliane Chavagnon Editor - Family Wealth Report 28 March 2014

Signature Bank Recruits Three Private Client Teams In New York

New York-listed Signature Bank, has added three private client banking teams, bringing the total number of teams to 92.

New York-listed Signature Bank, has added three private client banking teams, bringing the total number of teams to 92.

Team one

Lucy Mazany is a group director and senior vice president, heading a four-person team that all join from Valley National Bank (formerly State Bank). They will be based in Jericho, Long Island, NY. The team has worked together for ten years.

Mazany has around 25 years of industry experience, having previously been a senior vice president and division manager for 12 years at her former firm, overseeing 15 Long Island branches. Earlier, she was a vice president and branch manager at European American Bank/Citibank.

Also joining Mazany’s team are Richard DeMartino, associate group director and vice president; June Alleyne, relationship manager; and Hillary Bogi, senior client associate.

DeMartino, a banking veteran with 38 years of experience, spent the past 11 years as vice president and branch sales manager at Valley National Bank in New Hyde Park, NY. Formerly, he was branch manager and vice president at European American Bank/Citibank in Long Island.

Alleyne’s banking career spans 35 years, having previously been a vice president and sales manager for 11 years at her former firm in Port Washington, NY. Prior, she spent 23 years at European American Bank/Citibank as an assistant branch manager.

Bogi was latterly a branch service manager in Farmingdale, NY, responsible for all operational aspects of the branch. For the majority of her career, she worked at JP Morgan Chase throughout the New York Metropolitan area in various positions including branch operations manager.

Team two

Meanwhile, Thomas Mooney has been appointed as group director and senior vice president leading a three–person team that has worked together for seven years. The team will be based in White Plains until its newest office in Greenwich, CT, opens later this year.

Mooney spent the past ten years at JP Morgan Chase, most recently as Northeast region recruiting manager. Previously, he was a district manager in Fairfield, CT, with oversight of all the branches in that county, serving affluent business and personal clients.

Richard Carr, associate group director and vice president on Mooney’s team, has 25 years of financial services expertise. He served for eight years as branch manager and vice president for JP Morgan Chase in Ridgefield, CT. He also was a financial advisor to affluent clients while formerly working for Bear Stearns.

Joseph Cambareri, with 12 years of banking experience, joins the team as relationship manager, focused on serving commercial clients and providing operational support. Previously, he held a number of banking roles including branch manager at JP Morgan Chase in Westport, CT, managing a team that delivered private client banking services.

Team three

Lastly, Andrew Corrado and Drew Crowley are both group directors and senior vice presidents, charged with jointly heading a five-person team in Melville, NY. The team has worked together for the past decade.

Corrado has been in the banking industry for 27 years, most recently as senior vice president, heading the national professional services and private banking division at Capital One/North Fork Bank. His areas of specialty includes middle-market businesses, attorneys, accountants and medical practices. Before his stint at Capital One, Corrado worked in the small business financial services division at JP Morgan Chase, and, earlier, headed marketing and product management at European American Bank.

Crowley, a 34-year banking professional, spent the past 19 years at Capital One/North Fork Bank, latterly as senior vice president and Northeast market manager for professional services and private banking in Manhattan. He managed three teams of commercial and private bankers across New York City, Long Island and New Jersey. Prior, he was a commercial banking team leader at National Westminster Bank on Long Island.

Elizabeth Madigan and Anne Marie Immerso each join the Corrado/Crowley team as associate group directors, also from Capital One/North Fork Bank. Both were latterly senior vice presidents and relationship managers in Melville, Long Island. Madigan and Immerso worked there for 15 and 10 years respectively.

Madigan, with more than 20 years in banking, formerly worked with a commercial banking group, and previously managed commercial branches in both Jericho and Woodbury. She has also held various roles at European American Bank.

Immerso has spent over 25 years in the banking arena, most recently as senior vice president at Capital One/North Fork Bank in Melville, managing commercial client relationships. Earlier, she was a commercial bank branch manager for the same institution in Massapequa and Massapequa Park. Prior to that, she too held various roles at European American Bank.

Lastly, Shya Chen has been named senior client associate for Crowley and Corrado's team. She spent her entire 13-year banking career at Capital One Bank/North Fork Bank in Melville, as office manager for a national team, providing client and operational support.

Signature Bank has 27 private client offices throughout the New York Metropolitan area, serving privately-owned businesses, their owners and senior managers.

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