Daniel Egan, president of the Massachusetts Credit Union League, New Hampshire Credit Union League and the Credit Union Association of Rhode Island, announced this week that he will retire at the year’s end.

Egan will retire from his post as president and chief executive officer of those three groups, as well as New England Credit Union Services, a jointly owned firm which manages and provides services for those organizations.

Reflecting on his 32-year career in the credit union movement, Egan said in a statement, "It’s been a true privilege to assist the credit unions in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island in their mission to provide outstanding financial services. I’m proud to have had a part in this great cooperative effort to improve the financial lives of working families."

"We have been truly fortunate to have an individual of Dan’s caliber leading our associations for more than thirty years. He has been many things to many people in our credit union community: a leader, an innovator, a consensus builder and a trusted advisor, to name a few," David Surface, the Massachusetts Credit Union League chairman and president of St. Jean’s Credit Union in Lynn, said in the statement.

A committee formed of members of the boards of the three states selected O’Rourke & Associates, a consulting San Francisco-headquartered firm, to conduct the search for Egan’s replacement. The firm will begin recruiting immediately.