Signature Bank Announces Both Executive and Senior Management Appointments - Seite 2

Keisha Hutchinson has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, effective June 1, 2021, joining Signature Bank from KPMG in Short Hills, N.J., where she was audit partner for five years. Her extensive background and experience within the financial services industry made her an opportune candidate for this position. Hutchinson will oversee the Bank's risk management, compliance and information security programs.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Vito Susca will move into the newly created post of EVP and Chief Administrative Officer, and assume various operational responsibilities, including overseeing risk and compliance, facilities, security and special projects as well as serving as a liaison for internal audit and regulators. He was SVP and CFO from 2013-2021, after serving as SVP and Controller since he began his employment with the Bank in 2004.

Stephen Wyremski, Senior Vice President and Controller since joining the Bank in 2015, will be promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, managing all financial-related activities, effective June 30, 2021. Prior, he spent eight years at KPMG in New York City. His latest position was Senior Manager in the banking audit practice, overseeing audits for large banking enterprises. Other finance-focused roles Wyremski held include those at American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and Veeco Instruments.

Catherine Donald-Grove, Senior Vice President and Director of Product Management Services, was promoted to Chief Products Officer, also a newly established position for the Bank. Donald-Grove will be responsible for furthering product capabilities as well as advancing sales efforts and fee income initiatives, including cash management, foreign exchange, credit cards and money market funds. Donald-Grove has been part of the Signature Bank team since 2010.

Dawn Juliano was named to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Lending Officer, reporting to Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer Thomas Kasulka. In her new capacity, Juliano will be responsible for working closely with Kasulka to increase the Bank’s lending activities. Juliano has been with Signature Bank for four years, and was promoted to the post of Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Policy and Credit Administration in 2018.