Gilda M. Nogueira has been elected president of East Cambridge Savings Bank, and will also serve as the bank’s chief operating officer.

Nogueira, who has more than 34 years of banking experience, joined the Cambridge-based bank in 1977. She was elected assistant vice president in 1988, vice president of operations in 1991, and senior vice president and senior operations officer in 1999.  In 2006, Nogueira was elected executive vice president of East Cambridge Savings Bank. A member of the board of corporators of East Cambridge Savings Bank since 1996, Nogueira was elected a trustee in 2009. Additionally, Nogueira serves as clerk of the board of investment of East Cambridge Savings Bank.

Active in the community, Nogueira is a board member and past president of the Rotary Club of Somerville. She also serves on the boards of the Somerville Chamber of Commerce and the Cambridge Family YMCA.