Rockland Trust Appoints William Sullivan IV as Branch Manager in Melrose

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Rockland Trust Appoints William H. Sullivan IV Melrose Branch Manager

Melrose, Mass. (March 12, 2015) – Rockland Trust today announced that William Sullivan has been appointed Branch Manager for the Bank’s Melrose location. He is responsible for managing all aspects of the branch, including developing business and community relationships.

Prior to joining Rockland Trust, Will was a Branch Manager at Eastern Bank. Previously he was a Branch Manager at Santander, and an Assistant Branch Manager and Change Consultant at Bank of America.

Will holds an MBA from University of Massachusetts in Lowell, and a BA in Management from Marietta College in Ohio. He resides in Billerica.

About Rockland Trust

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7 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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