Lara Chilton has been named a senior loan officer in commercial lending at the Beverly branch of TD Bank, responsible for providing financing solutions to small- and middle-market companies throughout the North Shore.

Chilton has 17 years of experience in banking and lending. She is re-joining TD Bank after a previous stint as a commercial lender serving the middle market in Andover. She most recently served as a commercial lender in the technology corporate finance group at Silicon Valley Bank’s Boston office. Her career also includes stints as a commercial lender at Sovereign Bank in Woburn and BankBoston/Fleet in Boston.

A resident of Wellesley, Chilton is a graduate of New York University in New York City and F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley.