Three long-time commercial bankers join Liberty Bank

MIDDLETOWN — David W. Glidden, president and CEO of Liberty Bank, has announced hiring three commercial bankers to expand the bank’s market presence in Connecticut as well as enhance its credit risk function.

The new hires include Dan Flynn, senior vice president and chief credit risk officer; Stephen Roche, senior vice president and regional manager of commercial banking covering the Greater Hartford market; and Rick Rabideau, first vice president and relationship manager in commercial banking covering northern Connecticut to the Massachusetts border.

The new hires follows the bank’s announcement in December that Jeff Hubbard joined the bank as senior vice president, regional manager covering the Greater New Haven market.

Flynn, Roche and Rabideau started at Liberty Bank on Jan. 13.

Roche joins the bank after a career with United Bank (now People’s United Bank), where he managed a team of commercial bankers and portfolio managers.

Prior to United, Roche had a nearly 15-year career at TD Bank, where he held the role of senior vice president and regional manager responsible for managing a team of middle market bankers in Connecticut.

Roche was also with People’s United Bank in Hartford from 1994 to 2001. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

Rabideau comes to Liberty Bank after serving as senior vice president, commercial team leader for United Bank (now People’s United Bank) in the western Massachusetts/Springfield market.

Prior to United, Rabideau was with People’s United Bank, where he served as senior vice president, commercial team leader in Springfield.

His banking career started in 1986 with Shawmut Bank, where he was a commercial banker from 1988 to 1996. He then joined First International Bank/UPS Capital.

Rabideau, a resident of Longmeadow, Mass., is a graduate of Holy Cross in Worcester.

Flynn is replacing Denise Brewer, Liberty’s current chief credit risk officer, who is retiring from Liberty in March.

Dan joins Liberty after spending the last five years at United Bank (now People’s United Bank), where he held the title of executive vice president, chief operating officer of wholesale banking.

His career spans three decades in various functions of commercial banking, including individual loan and deposit production, credit risk, senior management and team building.