Citizens Commercial Banking Hires Leech as VP

Citizens Commercial Banking, the commercial banking division of Citizens Financial Group (NYSE: CFG), announced today that Kathryn Leech has been hired as Vice President and Relationship Manager.

Leech joins the commercial bank following a stint at Merchants Bank in Bennington, VT, where she was vice president in corporate banking. Prior to that, she was vice president at People’s United Bank.

A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Leech began her career with Bank of America and then worked as an assistant vice president at Bank of New England; the executive director of the Dorset (VT) Education Foundation; and as a mortgage originator at Mortgage Solutions Inc.

“We are very pleased to be adding someone with Kathryn’s experience to our growing team,” said Joe Carelli, president of Citizens Bank, New Hampshire. “Kathryn has a wealth of banking experience in northern New England and will help us continue to deliver great ideas and execute for our clients as we expand our business.”

“This is a very exciting time for Citizens and I’m very happy to be joining the Citizens Commercial Banking team,” said Leech. “I look forward to drawing on my industry expertise as we expand the business and bring our clients great ideas to help them achieve their financial goals.”

Formerly known as RBS Citizens, Citizens Commercial Banking is the commercial banking division of Providence, R.I.-based Citizens Financial Group. For more information about Citizens Commercial Banking, go to citizensbank.com/commercial.

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $131.3 billion in assets as of September 30, 2014. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, the company offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. Consumer Banking helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank and Charter One branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in selective markets nationwide. Citizens Commercial Banking offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.

Citizens operates via subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.

Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at citizensbank.com.

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