NBT BANK PROMOTES DELEPINE, WELCOMES BERCK IN RISK LEADERSHIP ROLES

NORWICH, NY (MARCH 8, 2023) – NBT Bank Chief Credit and Risk Officer Amy Wiles announced that Jeffrey Delepine has been promoted to Senior Director of Enterprise Risk Management and Kristina Berck has joined NBT as its new Chief Compliance Officer.

“As NBT continues to expand and grow our business lines, Jeffrey and Kristina will play key roles in overseeing the increasing scope and complexity of our risk management programs,” Wiles said.

Delepine joined NBT in 2014 as Chief Compliance Officer, with 15 years of previous banking and compliance experience. From 2020 to 2022, Delepine also served as the Chief Diversity Officer, guiding NBT along its diversity, equity and inclusion journey. In this new role, he has responsibility for building out and maturing NBT’s Enterprise Risk Management, Community Reinvestment Act and Data Governance programs. Delepine earned his bachelor’s degree at San Jose State University in California and his credentials as a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager through the American Bankers Association.

Berck brings more than 15 years of experience in multiple financial services industries to her position. She will take over responsibility for ensuring compliance with existing regulations and ensuring the company’s processes and controls evolve to comply with new requirements in the financial industry’s ever-changing regulatory environment. Berck earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University, her Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law, and her Master of Laws in Transnational Business Law from the McGeorge School of Law at The University of the Pacific.