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Columbia Financial, Inc. Announces Promotion of Dennis E. Gibney to First Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer
Thomas Splaine Jr. Appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerFAIR LAWN, N.J., Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Columbia Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CLBK), the mid-tier holding company for Columbia Bank (“Bank”), today announced that, effective immediately, Dennis E. Gibney, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank, has been promoted to First Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of the Company
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