On March 30, 2018, the board of directors of Peoples Financial Services Corp. appointed John R. Anderson III as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company and its subsidiary, Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”). Prior to his appointment and since April 2016, Mr. Anderson, was serving in an interim capacity as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer and, since June 2015, served as Senior Vice President/Planning and Statistical Analyst of the Bank.