Financial Institutions, Inc. announced that under the new organizational structure, six executive leaders report directly to Birmingham, president and CEO of the company, in new or expanded roles and each will head a division in one of six core functional areas " Community, Finance, Administrative, Risk, Commercial and Legal/HR. Justin K. Bigham, Executive Vice President, Chief Community Banking Officer assumes leadership of the newly established Community Banking area. His new role will further develop his career and deploy his deep industry knowledge across key growth areas of the company's business. W. Jack Plants II, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer will lead financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, investor and external relations and treasury. Plants has more than 14 years of experience in bank finance and worked closely with Bigham during his tenure as Corporate Treasurer to further develop and refine his skill set in preparation for this career development opportunity. Sean M. Willett, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer will continue to lead the administrative function including operations, technology and enterprise data. Under Willett’s leadership, the Company remains focused on meeting customers’ evolving digital banking needs by accelerating the Bank’s digital transformation launched in 2020 and developing enterprise data to understand and meet the unique needs of the company's customers. Key areas of concentration include the delivery of meaningful and innovative digital products to consumer and commercial customers, pursuing new digital opportunities and achieving operational efficiencies. Randall R. Phillips, Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer has assumed an expanded role that includes oversight of all areas of risk management, including compliance, enterprise risk management, credit risk management, BSA/AML & OFAC, information security and physical security. Phillips’ direct reporting relationship to the Chief Executive Officer enhances independence of the risk management function. Kevin B. Quinn, Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer will lead all commercial banking functions and community development. Quinn previously served as Commercial Banking Executive. Samuel J. Burruano Jr., Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary will continue to oversee legal, governance and human resources; provide executive support to the company's audit department; and lead execution of the Company’s ESG-related strategies. Burruano previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Craig J. Burton was named Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Executive and Finger Lakes/Southern Tier NY Regional President. Alison K. Miller was named Senior Vice President, Commercial and Industrial Executive and Central NY Regional President. Patrick C. Keating was named Senior Vice President, Commercial Market Executive and Western NY Regional President.