Webster Hires Commercial Banker Barbara Flight

BOSTON, Mass., July 2, 2013 – Webster Bank, a leading New England financial institution serving businesses and consumers from Westchester County, N.Y. to Boston, Mass., announced that Barbara Flight of Dover, Mass., has joined as senior vice president, commercial banking. She brings nearly 30 years of financial services experience to the position and is based in Webster’s Boston office. In this role, Flight serves as team leader and relationship manager for the sponsor and specialty finance group in Webster’s commercial banking division. She is responsible for sourcing, structuring, documenting and maintaining customer relationships and managing a team of relationship managers and portfolio managers. Webster’s sponsor and specialty finance group provides cash-flow based loans to public and private companies in the telecom, technology, healthcare and business service sectors to assist with acquisitions, buyouts, shareholder distributions, re-financing and other cash needs. Prior to joining Webster, Flight was a senior vice president for People’s United Bank. She has also worked for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., MGC Capital Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust Company. Flight holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Boston University School of Management. About Webster Bank Webster Bank, N.A., is a subsidiary of Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS.) With $20 billion in assets, Webster Bank provides business and consumer banking, mortgages, financial planning, trust and investment services through 168 banking offices; 294 ATMs; telephone banking; mobile banking; and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equipment 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 press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.com or follow us on LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/company/webster-bank and Twitter https://twitter.com/WebsterBank.