Joe Casey

HarborOne Bank announced today that its board of directors promoted COO and CFO Joseph F. Casey to president.

CEO James W. Blake will retain his chief executive role, and Casey will continue in his role as COO.

“This move provides us greater depth within executive management, and allows Joe to focus his considerable financial expertise on the day-to-day management of the bank,” Blake said in a statement.

Casey joined HarborOne in 2004 as senior vice president and CFO, and was executive vice president from 2006 to 2015. He played a central role in HarborOne’s strategic growth initiatives, including the conversion of HarborOne from a credit union to a bank charter, the acquisition of Merrimack Mortgage LLC and the bank’s initial public offering last year.

Before HarborOne, Casey was vice president at Seacoast Financial Services, and senior vice president, CFO and treasurer for Compass Bank for Savings. Casey was also CFO and treasurer for Andover Bancorp.

Casey previously served as a board member on the Metro South Chamber of Commerce and on the boards of the Brockton 21st Century Corp. and the Old Colony YMCA.