PUTNAM — Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of Putnam Bank, recently announced the hiring of Kim Brian Bushey to lead the commercial lending department as a senior vice president. “I’m pleased with the growth we’ve experienced at Putnam Bank, and adding this position to our commercial department, with Kim’s leadership and experience, is an important step in achieving our goals set forth in our recent capital raise and will fuel our expansion of lending in eastern Connecticut,” said Borner. 

Bushey brings 35 years of commercial lending experience to Putnam Bank.  Following graduation from Eastern Connecticut State University, he worked the first 25 years of his commercial banking career with Bank of America and predecessor banks.  His experience included time in Credit Analysis and Underwriting, Commercial Real Estate, Special Finance, Asset-Based Lending and Business Finance.  He worked the last nine years at Santander (formerly Sovereign Bank) in management positions in Underwriting, Asset-Based Lending and Business Banking which included managing the Business Banking team at Santander covering Connecticut and western Massachusetts.

In recent years, Bushey has been actively devoted to helping raise money and awareness in the fight against both ovarian and brain cancer and is looking forward to getting actively involved in all of the communities that Putnam Bank serves.

He has lived in eastern Connecticut his entire life and lives in Hebron with his wife Susan and their five children.

Bushey said, “I am very excited to join the Commercial Lending team at Putnam Bank under the leadership of Tom Borner and look forward to reconnecting with old customers as well as establishing and growing new relationships in the Connecticut market.”