Community banking and financial services company Pioneer will have recently appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer Thomas Signor head its compliance and risk functions.

Signor, who joined Pioneer in July, brings nearly three decades of experience in community banking to the role.

His duties will include deposit and retail loan operations as well as compliance, risk, information technology, security, and facilities.

Previously, he served as chief compliance officer at Paradigm Capital Management, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also worked as executive vice president, chief operating officer and Bank Secrecy Act officer at Kinderhook Bank.

Prior to his position at Kinderhook Bank, Signor was a shareholder at Pattison, Koskey & Rath, where he managed the internal audits for community bank clients.

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