FARMINGDALE RESIDENT RECEIVES PROMOTION AT LOCAL BANK

 DECEMBER 29, 2009: AUGUSTA, ME - President and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, Mark L. Johnston, recently announced that Amos M. Byron has been promoted to Vice President and Trust Officer.

Byron has been with Kennebec Savings Bank since early 2000, when he was initially hired as Assistant Vice President and Trust Officer.  Amos has diligently and consistently worked on both establishing and significantly growing the Investment Management and Trust (IM&T) Services Department of the Bank since he was hired.  The Department opened with zero assets and zero clients, and with his commitment, we now have over 180 Trust clients and $48 million under management.

Amos earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Maine at Orono, and is a graduate the Cannon Trust School, a three-year program on personal trust administration development.    Amos is a Certified Trust Financial Advisor, and is a graduate of the Kennebec Leadership Institute.

Mark Johnston said of the promotion,, “This promotion is well-deserved and we are fortunate to have Amos among the many here at Kennebec Savings Bank who are committed to the organization and their roles in it.”

Amos lives in Farmingdale with his wife, Kelly, and their two sons, Max and Alec. 

For more information about the Investment Management and Trust Department of Kennebec Savings Bank, please call 622-5801 or visit http://www.kennebecsavings.com/i_investment.htm.

Kennebec Savings Bank is a $717 million state-chartered mutual savings bank with a team of 90 employees and branches in Augusta, Waterville, Winthrop and Gardiner, and three 24-hour electronic banking centers called KSB Anytime, one on Route 202 in Manchester, in our Augusta foyer, and also in the new Gardiner foyer.  We are proud to the bank where “the feeling is mutual” and the home of Kennebec Wealth Management.