CAMDEN, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gregory Dufour, president and chief executive officer of Camden National Corporation and Camden National Bank, has announced the establishment of an executive management team, naming five individuals to the position of executive vice president. “The creation of an executive management team reflects the growth of Camden National, our strategy to focus our leadership resources on long-term growth, and the contribution these individuals have made to Camden National’s success,” said Dufour.
The executive team will report to Dufour and in addition to leading their respective areas of the company, will be responsible for determining the strategic direction of Camden National. “Each individual is a seasoned and experienced professional in his or her respective area as well as a proven leader who has contributed at a very high level to Camden National,” Dufour added.
Joanne Campbell, executive vice president of risk management, has been with Camden National for 15 years and is in charge of risk management, information security, internal audit, compliance and regulatory relations. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business from Husson University, is a graduate of the Maine Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine Program, and is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) from the Institute of Certified Bankers. Campbell also serves on the Legislative Committee for the Maine Bankers Association and the Community and Economic Committee for the American Bankers Association (ABA). She is president of the Camden Affordable Housing Organization, chair of the Camden Housing Committee, and chair of the board of directors of Community Housing of Maine. Campbell lives in Camden with her husband Norm and son Paul.
Peter Greene, executive vice president of operations and technology, is the senior operations and technology officer at Camden National. He is responsible for information technology, technology planning and the operations of the organization. He joined Union Trust in 1982 and Camden National in 2008 as a result of Camden National’s acquisition of Union Trust. Greene holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern Maine, is a graduate of the Northern New England School of Banking, the New England School of Banking, the Columbia University Executive Program in Management of Financial Services, and the Maine Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine Program. He also published his thesis and graduated with honors from the ABA’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Currently, Greene serves on the Washington County Grant and Gracie Scholarship Fund committees of the Maine Community Foundation. He lives in Addison with his wife Lorna.
Deborah Jordan, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is a Certified Public Accountant. As the company’s principal financial and accounting officer, she is responsible for oversight of financial and regulatory reporting, asset and liability management, investments, strategic planning and forecasting. Jordan joined Camden National in 2008 after serving 16 years as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Merrill Merchants Bank in Bangor, Maine and five years as audit manager for Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston. Jordan holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Husson University and an associate’s degree in business management from Eastern Maine Community College. She lives in Camden with her husband Bruce and son Maddison and currently serves on the board of trustees of the Camden Public Library.
Timothy Nightingale, executive vice president and senior lending officer, has been with the bank for 11 years. He is responsible for the commercial lending division, the loan production center, and corporate services. Nightingale holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Maine at Orono and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Augusta State College in Augusta, Georgia, as well as a commercial lending certificate from the American Institute of Banking (AIB). He is also a graduate of the Maine Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine program. He currently serves on the board of directors of Maine Technology Institute, the Finance Authority of Maine’s (FAME) Advisory Board, and the Commercial Lending Committee for Maine Bankers Association. Nightingale lives in Rockport with his wife Karla and daughter Natalie.
June Parent, executive vice president of retail banking, is Camden National’s senior retail banking officer. She oversees the Bank’s retail branch network, mortgage and consumer loan origination, branch administration and branch security for the bank’s 38 branches across the state, and has been with Camden National for 24 years. Parent attended Fullerton College in Fullerton, California, and the National School of Human Resource Management at Purdue University. She is also a graduate of the Maine Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine program. She serves on the boards of both the New England Mortgage Insurance Exchange and the New England Insurance Trust, and is slated to be the next president of the Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce, where she currently serves as vice president. Parent lives in Camden with her husband Steve and son Calvin.
“Leading a dynamic organization such as Camden National takes a group of strong individual leaders who can work together as a team,” said Dufour. “It is a privilege to work closely with such a strong group of people and a pleasure to have them recognized publicly as executives of our organization.”
Camden National Corporation, recently ranked 12th in USBanker's list of top-performing mid-tier banks, is the holding company employing more than 400 Maine residents for two financial services companies including Camden National Bank and the wealth management company, Acadia Trust, N.A. Camden National Bank is a full-service community bank with a network of 38 banking offices throughout Maine. Acadia Trust offers investment management and fiduciary services with offices in Portland, Bangor, and Ellsworth. Located at Camden National Bank, Camden Financial Consultants, formerly known as Acadia Financial Consultants, offers full-service brokerage and insurance services.
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