Julie A. Gerschick has been named CFO and treasurer of Brookline Bancorp, parent company of Brookline Bank, succeeding the retiring Paul Bechet.

Bechet will remain CFO through Aug. 9, and will stay with the company through early 2012, helping bring Brookline through the closing of its acquisition of Bancorp Rhode Island, according to a statement.

Gerschick is founder and president of The Andover Group Inc., a specialized consulting firm that provides advisory services to large and mid-sized financial institutions, including the Federal Home Loan Bank. Her prior experience includes stints as an audit and consulting partner at KPMG in Washington, D.C.; as senior vice president for Great Lakes Bancorp; and as a fellow at the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, also in Washington, D.C.

"Gerschick’s breadth of experience in a variety of financial service settings will help the bank to build on its solid foundation while adapting to the changes in reporting and monitoring that are necessary as a result of changes in the regulatory environment as well as the internal changes resulting from the corporation’s recent acquisitions," Brookline Bancorp said in a statement.