Submitted by Elizabeth Kuhns
Essex, Connecticut, (June 10, 2022) Diane H. Arnold, President & CEO of Essex Savings Bank, was pleased to announce the addition of Leslie McKillip as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer.
“We are so happy to have Leslie join our team. Her lending experience in the commercial sector and understanding of our community and customers makes her a valuable asset and a welcomed officer to our team.”
Ms. McKillip has close to thirty years of commercial lending experience along the shoreline having worked in New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties. Most recently, Ms. McKillip held the position of Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer at Chelsea Groton. Prior to that, she held similar positions at Liberty Bank, J. P. Morgan Chase, Citizens and First Union Bank.
Community involvement is very important to Leslie. She has been Secretary and a member of the finance committee for St. Luke’s Home Inc. in Middletown. She also has been involved with Middlesex United Way and several Credit for Life Fairs in Middletown, Wallingford and East Hartford over the years, teaching high school students about credit, budgets and bill paying.
Ms. McKillip is a Madison resident and received her degree in Psychology from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven.
Essex Savings Bank is an FDIC insured, state chartered, mutual savings bank established in 1851. The Bank serves the Connecticut River Valley and shoreline with six offices in Essex (2), Chester, Madison, Old Lyme and Old Saybrook providing a full complement of personal and business banking. Financial, estate, insurance and retirement planning are offered throughout the state by the Bank’s Trust Division, Essex Trust and wholly-owned subsidiary, Essex Financial Services, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisor.
