Columbia Financial, Inc. Appoints Manesh Prabhu as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
October 12, 2022 at 07:22 am
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Columbia Financial, Inc. announced that Manesh Prabhu as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, effective immediately. In his role, Mr. Prabhu is responsible for Information Systems and Digital Banking. Mr. Prabhu has over 20 years of experience at leading institutions including Peoples United Bank N.A. Most recently, he held the title of Chief Technology Officer where he led the IT strategy and technology transformation for People's United.
Through his nearly 20-year tenure and senior leadership roles at People's United, Manesh led enterprise architecture, data architecture, IT governance, business intelligence, marketing analytics, and data quality with a heavy focus on digital transformation. Manesh holds an MBA from Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) – Madurai Kamaraj University in India and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT) - Mahatma Gandhi University in India. Mr. Prabhu currently resides in Orange, CT with his wife and two children.
Columbia Financial, Inc. is the holding company of Columbia Bank and Freehold Bank, each of which is a federally chartered stock savings bank. Through Columbia Bank and Freehold Bank, the Company serves the financial needs of its depositors and the local community as community-minded, customer service-focused institutions. It offers traditional financial services to businesses and consumers in its market areas. It attracts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate a variety of loans, including multifamily and commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, one-to-four family real estate loans, construction loans, home equity loans and advances, and other consumer loans. It offers title insurance through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Jersey Title Services, Inc. In addition, RSI Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Bank, is a full-service insurance agency that offers a range of insurance products and investment solutions.
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