INDIANA, Pa., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- S&T Bank (Nasdaq: STBA), a full-service financial institution with branch locations in 10 Pennsylvania counties, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Kametz to the newly created position of senior vice president of credit administration. In his new role, Kametz will be responsible for overseeing S&T Bank's credit analysis, secured credit and credit risk management divisions.

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"Bill's depth and breadth of expertise will undoubtedly be an asset to S&T Bank and to our customers," said Todd Brice, president and CEO of S&T Bank. "The entire S&T family is very pleased to welcome him."

Kametz most recently served as an executive vice president and chief lending officer at VIST Financial Corporation in Wyomissing, PA, and as a senior vice president for the Bank of Hanover. Prior to that, he served for sixteen years at Mellon Bank, managing a range of regional and government banking units.

Kametz received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, and holds graduate and undergraduate diplomas from the University of Oklahoma's National Commercial Lending School. He and his wife, Cheryl, will be relocating to the Indiana area.

About S&T Bancorp, Inc.

Headquartered in Indiana, PA, S&T Bancorp, Inc. operates 55 offices within Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland counties. With assets of $4.4 billion, S&T Bancorp, Inc. stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol STBA. For more information, visit stbank.com.

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