The three-person team led by newly appointed group directors and senior vice presidents Lisa A. Etre and William McCarthy will be based in the Bank’s private client banking office in White Plains, New York.

The trio, Etre, McCarthy, and the senior client associate Jessica Ruiz; join from Hudson Valley Bank in Yonkers, New York, where they had worked closely together.

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Etre had spent 23 years at Hudson Valley Bank, with the past 10 years as vice president and relationship manager, focused on servicing small and middle market companies throughout Westchester County, Manhattan and the Bronx, which included a wide range of professional and small business entities.

McCarthy, on the other hand, has four decades of banking experience; and most recently was the vice president, relationship manager/branch manager there, where he was responsible for managing and growing a client portfolio as well as business development and management of the branch.

Previously, McCarthy had spent 11 years at Key Bank and its predecessor company, Union State Bank, also serving in relationship and business banking roles.

Additionally, Signature Bank has also named Dennis J. Sheridan as the group director and senior vice president for one of the Bank’s existing private client groups.

Earlier, Sheridan had spent the past 25 years at Valley National Bank as vice president and branch sales manager.