The Board of Trustees of East Cambridge Savings Bank elected Gilda M. Nogueira chief executive officer on Oct. 31.

Nogueira joined the Bank in 1977 and held various positions.  She was elected assistant vice president in 1988, vice president of operations in 1991, and senior vice president and senior operations officer in 1999. Nogueira became executive vice president of East Cambridge Savings Bank in 2006. She is a member of East Cambridge Savings Bank’s Board of Corporators and was elected a trustee in 2009. Additionally, Nogueira serves as clerk of the Bank’s Board of Investment. She will continue to hold the position of president, to which she was elected in March.

In addition to her role as president and CEO, Nogueira also serves as president of the bank’s Charitable Foundation. She is a board member and past president of the Rotary Club of Somerville and a board member of the Somerville Chamber of Commerce and the Cambridge Family YMCA.