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Sep 01, 2023

Northfield Bank picks risk chief

Vickie Tomasello has previously worked at Lakeland Bancorp, HSBC and M&T Bank

Northfield Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northfield Bancorp, has recruited Vickie Tomasello as executive vice president and chief risk officer.

In her new role, Tomasello manages the governance of risk programs and oversees the bank’s compliance, information security, bank secrecy, security, credit administration and risk-management work.

She was most recently chief audit officer for Lakeland Bancorp. According to her LinkedIn profile, she was previously internal audit director and vice president at First Niagara Bank. Before that, she was internal audit manager at M&T Bank and later HSBC.

Steven Klein, chair and CEO of Northfield Bank, says in a statement: ‘I am excited to welcome Vickie to the Northfield team. [Her] experience working with teams throughout banking organizations and her proven ability to develop and implement effective governance programs will be an invaluable asset to Northfield as we move forward with our strategic objectives.’

Vickie Tomasello

 

Ben Maiden

Ben Maiden is the editor-at-large of Governance Intelligence, an IR Media publication, having joined the company in December 2016. He is based in New York. Ben was previously managing editor of Compliance Reporter, covering regulatory and compliance...