Rockland Trust Appoints Stephanie Comeau as Vice President and Branch Manager of the Foxboro Branch

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Rockland Trust Appoints Stephanie Comeau as Vice President and Branch Manager of the Foxboro Branch

Foxborough, Mass. (March 5, 2015) – Rockland Trust today announced that Stephanie Comeau has been named as Vice President and Branch Manager for the Bank’s Foxboro location. She is responsible for managing all aspects of the Foxboro branch, as well as business development the Plainville, Wrentham and Mansfield communities.

Stephanie joins Rockland Trust with more than 20 years of management and banking experience. She previously served 12 years as the Vice President of Santander Bank’s Plainville office. She graduated with a degree in Business Management from Northeastern University, and has earned her Series 6, Series 63 and Insurance Licenses. She serves on the American Credit Counseling Board and is a member of Hessco’s Money Management Program. Stephanie resides in Plainville, Mass with her husband Wayne and two children.

About Rockland Trust

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $6.4 billion in assets and is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals through retail branches, commercial lending offices, investment management offices, and residential lending centers located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Rockland Trust, which was named to Sandler 2014 Sm-All Stars list of top performing small-cap banks and thrifts in the country, is an FDIC Member and an Equal Housing Lender. To find out why Rockland Trust is the bank “Where Each Relationship Matters ®”, please visit www.rocklandtrust.com.

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