NBT Bancorp Inc. President and CEO John H. Watt, Jr. announced that M. Randolph “Randy” Sparks has joined NBT as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. In this position, Sparks will coordinate NBT's legal activities, manage external legal counsel and assist in the oversight of relations with regulatory agencies. A member of NBT's Executive Management Team, Sparks will also be appointed Corporate Secretary by NBT's Board of Directors.

He will be based at the company's headquarters in Norwich, NY. Sparks has extensive experience in legal executive roles at both large and midsize banks. Most recently, he served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for MidFirst Bank, a full-service consumer and commercial bank based in Oklahoma City, OK with $32 billion in assets.

Prior to that, he worked for Bank of America where he held the position of Chief Counsel and Managing Director, Global Transaction Services.