Named manager

GROTON — Michael Ballirano has been named branch manager of Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s newest branch, which will open this June at the credit union’s new headquarters complex on Route 85 in Waterford.

“Mike Ballirano has the right banking and financial-services experience to lead our team at our newest branch, which is the 14th in our network across New London and Windham counties,” said Brian A. Orenstein, Charter Oak’s CEO.

The opening of Charter Oak’s new headquarters-and-branch complex in Waterford coincides with the credit union’s 75th anniversary since its founding in 1939 as the Groton Shipbuilders Federal Credit Union.

Ballirano, who will supervise a staff of six at the new branch, is currently branch

manager of Charter Oak’s Montville and Niantic branches. He has been with Charter Oak since

2011. Ballirano is a Griswold resident and graduate of the Norwich Free Academy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management from Keene State College in Keene, N.H.