Christopher D. Maher, Chairman, HKSB Board of Trustees
Christopher D. Maher has been the President/Chief Operating Officer as well as a Director for the Boards of both the Bancorp and Bank since October 2010. Previously, Mr. Maher had been Executive Vice President and in charge of retail banking for Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. and the Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh since 2005, and was named EVP and Chief Retail Officer in January 2009. Mr. Maher’s banking experience includes work for several New York City metropolitan area banks, including The Dime Savings Bank of New York, Chemical Bank, and Chatham Savings. Mr. Maher was a Senior Vice President in the Retail Banking division of The Dime Savings Bank of New York, where he served from 1989 through 2000. Mr. Maher is a former Director of the IFX Forum, a financial services technology standards organization and serves as Chairman of The Board of Trustees for Helen Keller Services for the Blind, an organization he has served since 1998. On May 25, 2010, Mr. Maher announced his resignation from the Dime to pursue the role of Chief Executive Officer of Patriot National Bank.
