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Insana and Ward join HarborOne Credit Union as vice presidents

Mathew Insana has joined HarborOne Credit Union as vice president of commercial lending. With over 30 years in the financial industry Insana brings extensive experience in business banking, middle market, and commercial real estate transactions. Prior to HarborOne Insana served as first vice president of commercial lending, for the south coast of Mass. and R.I. at Rockland Trust. Insana has a bachelor of science degree from Providence College and was a magna cum laude graduate. He is a resident of Rhode Island. Joining him is John Ward as vice president of commercial real estate. Ward, is a dynamic sales professional with over 17 years in the Commercial Real Estate industry. He has extensive experience in Commercial Real Estate loan originations. Prior to HarborOne Ward served as senior small business lender for Sovereign Bank in Whitman and Bridgewater. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Lesley University, Cambridge. Ward makes his residence in East Bridgewater with his wife and children. With $1.8 billion in assets, HarborOne is one of the largest community-based credit union in New England and one of the 100 largest in the United States. It has received its fifth consecutive Outstanding rating for performance under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) from the Division of Banks, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. HarborOne is among the Boston Globe 100 top Places to Work for 2009, 2010 and 2011. ###
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