Lourdes Penton has been named assistant vice president and personal banker of Marquis Bank. She has more than 14 years of experience in banking. She joined Marquis Bank in 2010. Penton has also served as a personal banker at Gibraltar Bank in Miami.
Karolina Bednarska joins J.P. Morgan
Movers Snapshot
Name: Karolina Bednarska
Category: Banking
Company: J.P. Morgan
New position: Vice president and private banker
Past experience: Served as private banker in Wells Fargo. Worked at Wachovia Bank as a licensed financial specialist. Also served as a financial adviser at Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?: “The best career advice I have received was to always take ownership of your career and focus on what you can control- always work to be a top performer and say ‘yes’ to any new opportunities. We own our careers so do a great job, be proactive, seek feedback, and you will be rewarded.”
TotalBank promotes Joel Palatnik
Joel Palatnik has been named senior vice president and managing director III of wealth management at TotalBank. He joined the bank’s wealth management division in 2010 as vice president and managing director.
Totalbank promotes Nelson Hidalgo
TotalBank has announced Nelson Hidalgo’s promotion to executive vice president of the banking center division. He has been with the bank for five years and was hired as senior vice president and lenderi n the corporate lending division in 2008. In 2010, he was promoted to director of the banking center division.
Michael Teproff named senior VP and controller at Marquis Bank
Michael Teproff has been named senior vice president and controller at Marquis Bank. Before joining the bank in 2007, he worked at several other local financial institutions, including Jefferson Bancorp where he worked for 17 years. He has also served as controller for the Bank of Coral Gables.
Claudia Santiano joins Professional Bank
Claudia Santiano has been named vice president-client management group for Professional Bank. Before joining the bank, she was an assistant vice president and sales director for other local banks. Santiano earned her master’s in business administration from Nova Southeastern University.
Elma Quijano joins Great Florida Bank as assistant VP and senior relationship manager
Great Florida Bank has named Elma Quijano as assistant vice president and senior relationship manager. She has more than 18 years of experience in banking. Before joining Great Florida Bank, she was the assistant vice president and business relationship manager at HSBC Bank in Coral Gables. Quijano has also worked at Banco Popular, First Union National Bank of Florida and FEC Federal Credit Union.
Jose Maria Lacasa joins FirstBank Florida
Jose Maria Lacasa has joined FirstBank Florida as vice president. In this role, he will join Cueto in the corporate banking team. He has served as relationship manager at Bankia Miami Branch – formerly known as Caja Madrid – and credit risk manager at Caja Madrid.
Jose Cueto joins FirstBank Florida
Jose Cueto has joined FirstBank Florida as senior vice president of the corporate banking team. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking. Cueto has served as a senior vice president and deputy general manager of Caja Madrid.
