Ben Wheeler promoted to VP/commercial loan officer
PORTSMOUTH — Ben Wheeler was recently promoted to vice president/commercial loan officer at First Colebrook Bank's office in Portsmouth. Wheeler came to First Colebrook Bank in 2009 from Citizens Bank, where he served as business banking officer at several Seacoast branches. Earlier in 2011, Wheeler was promoted to assistant vice president and assumed the newly created position of business development officer. He is a board member of the Portsmouth Rotary, Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, and the Piscataqua Maritime Commission. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in history from Keene State College and a master of public administration degree from the University of New Hampshire. Founded in 1889, First Colebrook Bank is a New Hampshire-owned, community bank, operating from offices in Colebrook, Concord, Amherst, and Portsmouth. Serving the banking needs of individuals and small business across the state, the bank is an SBA Preferred Lender and has received the New Hampshire SBA's Outstanding Partner Award for consistent and sustained annual growth in SBA loans. First Colebrook Bank is a FDIC member and an Equal Housing Lender.