Signature
Bank (Nasdaq: SBNY), a New York-based full-service commercial bank,
announced today the appointment of two new members to serve on its board
of directors. Judith Huntington and Michael Pappagallo join the
Signature Bank board, effective today.
Huntington, with 25 years of financial-related experience, serves as
President of The College of New Rochelle (CNR), a role she held since
July 2011. Prior, she was President–elect for one year, having joined
CNR as Vice President for financial affairs in 2001, responsible for all
fiscal issues involving the College. Before joining CNR, Huntington
spent 15 years at KPMG as audit senior manager for its metro-N.Y. higher
education, research and other not-for-profit practice. She is a
certified public accountant and member of the Board of Directors of the
Westchester County Association and the Commission of Independent
Colleges and Universities. She also serves on the Lower Hudson Valley
Catholic Consortium and is a member of the Middle States Commission on
Higher Education’s evaluation team.
Pappagallo brings decades of commercial real estate experience to the
Bank’s board. Currently, he is Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of Kimco Realty, the nation’s largest owner of
neighborhood and community shopping centers, and a member of its
Investment Committee. Prior to this position, he held the role of Chief
Financial Officer from 1997-2010. Before joining Kimco, Pappagallo was
Chief Financial Officer of GE Capital’s Commercial Real Estate Financing
business. During his seven-year tenure with GE, he served in various
other financial and business development positions. Pappagallo was a
senior manager in the audit group at KPMG earlier in his career, and is
a certified public accountant. He is also a member of the American
Institution of Certified Public Accountants and the International
Council on Shopping Centers.
Huntington and Pappagallo fill seats vacated by Yacov Levy and Ivanka M.
Trump. Levy joined the Board in 2003 and after a decade of dedicated
service, will pursue other opportunities while Trump served for 18
months and did not seek re-election due to time constraints in her
highly demanding schedule.
“The Board welcomes Judy and Mike and also extends gratitude to Yacov
and Ivanka for their service. Yacov helped guide the Bank from a
privately held institution when he joined the Board, to one of the
largest and fastest growing banks in the country. He spent five of his
10 years serving as Chair of the Examining Committee, and we thank him
for those efforts. Throughout Ivanka’s tenure, she shared tremendous
insights about the emerging entrepreneurial community in New York City,
which was very useful as the Bank caters to many entrepreneurial-led
businesses. We wish them both continued success in all their endeavors,”
remarked Signature Bank’s Chairman of the Board Scott A. Shay.
“Judy’s expertise in the education, social services and not-for-profit
arenas is particularly pertinent as the Bank serves many clients
spanning those sectors. Mike possesses deep knowledge of many facets
within commercial real estate -- a key component of our loan portfolio
-- as well as a strong financial and public accounting background. We
look forward to the contributions they will both make to our Board,”
Shay concluded.
“The assets both Judy and Mike bring to Signature Bank will prove
extremely advantageous to the Board, senior management and the
institution’s future direction, growth and expansion. Their guidance and
insights will be beneficial to us as we continue to attract talented
banking professionals to our franchise, broaden our network of private
client banking teams and offer clients a safe, sound financial
experience through our established, single-point-of-contact business
model,” added Joseph J. DePaolo, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Signature Bank’s Board is at its full complement with nine directors,
six of whom are independent.
Huntington, 49, resides in New Milford, Conn. She holds a bachelor of
business administration degree from Pace University. Pappagallo, 54,
lives in Trumbull, Conn. and attended Iona College, where he earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in accounting.
About Signature Bank
Signature Bank, member FDIC, is a New York-based full-service commercial
bank with 26 private client offices throughout the New York metropolitan
area. The Bank’s growing network of private client banking teams serves
the needs of privately owned businesses, their owners and senior
managers. Signature Bank offers a wide variety of business and personal
banking products and services. The Bank operates Signature Financial,
LLC, a specialty finance subsidiary focused on equipment finance and
leasing, transportation financing and taxi medallion financing.
Investment, brokerage, asset management and insurance products and
services are offered through the Bank’s subsidiary, Signature Securities
Group Corporation, a licensed broker-dealer, investment adviser and
member FINRA/SIPC.
Signature Bank's 26 offices are located: In Manhattan (9) - 261 Madison
Avenue; 300 Park Avenue; 71 Broadway; 565 Fifth Avenue; 950 Third
Avenue; 200 Park Avenue South; 1020 Madison Avenue; 50 West 57th Street
and 2 Penn Plaza. Brooklyn (3) - 26 Court Street; 84 Broadway and 6321
New Utrecht Avenue. Westchester (2) - 1C Quaker Ridge Road, New Rochelle
and 360 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains. Long Island (7) - 1225 Franklin
Avenue, Garden City; 279 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre; 68 South
Service Road, Melville; 923 Broadway, Woodmere; 40 Cuttermill Road,
Great Neck; 100 Jericho Quadrangle, Jericho and 360 Motor Parkway,
Hauppauge. Queens (3) – 36-36 33rd Street, Long Island City; 78-27 37th
Avenue, Jackson Heights and 8936 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica. Bronx (1) - 421
Hunts Point Avenue, Bronx. Staten Island (1) - 2066 Hylan Blvd.
Since commencing operations in May 2001, the Bank has grown to $18.3
billion in assets, $14.8 billion in deposits, $1.7 billion in equity
capital and $1.7 billion in other assets under management as of March
31, 2013. Signature Bank's Tier 1 and risk-based capital ratios are
significantly above the levels required to be considered well
capitalized.
For more information, please visit www.signatureny.com.
This press release and oral statements made from time to time by our
representatives contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject
to risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance
on those statements because they are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties relating to our operations and business environment, all
of which are difficult to predict and may be beyond our control. Forward-looking
statements include information concerning our future results, interest
rates and the interest rate environment, loan and deposit growth, loan
performance, operations, new private client team hires, new office
openings and business strategy. These statements often include
words such as "may," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend,"
“potential,” “opportunity,” “could,” “project,” “seek,” “should,”
“will,” would,” "plan," "estimate" or other similar expressions.
As you consider forward-looking statements, you should understand
that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. These factors include but are not limited to: (i)
prevailing economic conditions; (ii) changes in interest rates, loan
demand, real estate values and competition, any of which can materially
affect origination levels and gain on sale results in our business, as
well as other aspects of our financial performance, including earnings
on interest-bearing assets; (iii) the level of defaults, losses and
prepayments on loans made by us, whether held in portfolio or sold in
the whole loan secondary markets, which can materially affect charge-off
levels and required credit loss reserve levels; (iv) changes in monetary
and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including policies of the
U.S. Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(v) changes in the banking and other financial services regulatory
environment and (vi) competition for qualified personnel and desirable
office locations. As you read and consider forward-looking
statements, you should understand that these statements are not
guarantees of performance or results. They involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions and can change as a result of many
possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us or in our
control. Although we believe that these forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, beliefs and
expectations, if a change occurs or our beliefs, assumptions and
expectations were incorrect, our business, financial condition,
liquidity or results of operations may vary materially from those
expressed in our forward-looking statements. Additional risks are
described in our quarterly and annual reports filed with the FDIC. You
should keep in mind that any forward-looking statements made by
Signature Bank speak only as of the date on which they were made. New
risks and uncertainties come up from time to time, and we cannot predict
these events or how they may affect the Bank. Signature Bank has
no duty to, and does not intend to, update or revise the forward-looking
statements after the date on which they are made. In light of
these risks and uncertainties, you should keep in mind that any
forward-looking statement made in this release or elsewhere might not
reflect actual results.
