JUNE 1, 2001

People's Bank Names Anthony A. Joyce
Vice President in Commercial Real Estate Finance

NORWICH, CONN.
People’s Bank has named Anthony A. Joyce vice president, region manager, Commercial Real Estate Finance. In this position, he is responsible for supervising loan officers and support staff in the origination and servicing of commercial real estate loans in the bank’s Norwich region.

Joyce joined the former Norwich Savings Society in 1983 as a loan officer. In 1991, he was named vice president. When People’s merged with Norwich Savings Society in 1998, Joyce joined the People’s team as vice president, senior commercial real estate finance officer.

Joyce graduated cum laude from the University of Connecticut in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He earned a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of New Haven in 1991.

Active in the community, Joyce serves on the executive committee of the Military Community Council, the Home Ownership Board of the Norwich Housing Authority and on the Capital Campaign Committee of Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Norwich. He has also served as local chairman and on the Legacy and Planned Giving Committee of the American Cancer Society, as director of the Mystic Branch of the New England Carousel Museum and as a volunteer with the United Way.

Joyce lives in Uncasville with his wife, Lori, and their daughters, Julianne and Amanda.

People’s (peoples.com) is a diversified financial services company providing commercial, consumer, insurance and investment services. Founded in 1842, it is the largest state-chartered bank in Connecticut with managed assets of $14 billion, 143 branches and approximately 220 ATMs. People’s is a leader in consumer and commercial banking, residential lending, insurance sales and supermarket banking and is the nation’s 16th-largest issuer of MasterCard and Visa credit cards. People’s subsidiaries offer brokerage services, asset management, equipment financing and leasing, and insurance services.