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Sarah Barr, 203-578-2287 Terry Mangan, 203-578-2318 sbarr@websterbank.comtmangan@websterbank.com

Webster Bank Names New Director of Procurement WATERBURY, Conn., June 29, 2015 - Webster Bank announces that Monica McInerney joined the company today as senior vice president, director of procurement.

McInerney comes to Webster from Pitney Bowes, where she served as director - enterprise procurement since 2013. In this role, she managed a procurement budget of approximately $420 million and a team of eight employees, supporting all of the company's business units. Prior to Pitney Bowes, Monica enjoyed a 17-year career at PepsiCo, Inc., where she most recently held the title senior director, global procurement.
McInerney believes strongly in giving back to the communities she serves. She was a founding member of the Resiliency Center of Newtown and served as an officer and secretary of the board of the Brookfield Lacrosse Club, Inc. She is a resident of Brookfield, Conn., and a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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*** Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $23 billion in assets, Webster provides busi ness and consumer banking, mortgages, private banking, trust and investment services through 165 banking offices; 314 ATMs; telephone banking; mobile banking; and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equ ipment finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and provides health savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank. Member FDIC and equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past pr ess releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.comor follow us on LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/company/webster-bankand Twitter https://twitter.com/WebsterBank.
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