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Arthur L. Loomis, II
President

alloomis@ne-capital.com
phone 518-426-0100 Ext.111

Prior to founding Northeast Capital & Advisory, Inc. in 1992, Mr. Loomis was a Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance and the head of the Financial Institutions Group at First Albany, a Vice President of Lyons, Zomback & Ostrowski, Inc., an Associate Vice President of Ryan, Beck & Co., and an Associate at Warburg, Paribas, Becker.  At these four firms, he was responsible for corporate finance activities for financial institutions in New England, New York and Ohio.  Over the past twenty years, he has initiated and been involved in all phases of mergers and acquisitions, underwritings, placements, and branch transactions.  Additionally, Mr. Loomis had extensive commercial banking experience at Banc One Corporation.

Mr. Loomis received his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Cornell University.   He has lectured at Cornell, made frequent presentations at various banking seminars and national conventions, and is regularly quoted in such periodicals as The American Banker, The Bank Director, and U.S. Banker.

Thomas F. Collins, III
Managing Director

tfchasq@msn.com
phone 617-472-5086

Mr. Collins joined Northeast Capital in 2005 after spending seventeen years as a principal of HAS Associates, Inc., a comprehensive consulting group specializing in community banks. His practice includes strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, management and board assessments, executive searches, and regulatory compliance for community banks. Prior to HAS Associates, Mr. Collins served as an Executive Vice President and Director of Olympic International Bank & Trust Company, a Vice President of Shawmut Bank, and a Manager at Commercial Union Assurance Company. Mr. Collins has over thirty years of commercial banking experience and has acted as a financial advisor in over twenty bank mergers, sixteen successful president/ CEO and other senior officer executive searches, and over twenty-five board of director and executive management evaluations.

Mr. Collins received his B.A. from Northeastern University and completed the School of Banking at Williams College . He has lectured at the Corporate Governance Seminar sponsored by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance.

Arthur J. Bassin
Managing Director

phone 518-426-0100

Mr. Bassin joined Northeast Capital in 2001 after spending seven years as President and CEO of TV Data Technologies, an international provider of TV listings, which was acquired by the Tribune Company.  Prior to TV Data, Mr. Bassin was an Executive Vice President for nine years at Dime Bank,  and a Vice-President at Citibank.

Mr. Bassin was an officer in the Army and received his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University .  He has served on a variety of Boards, including Dime Albany Board, TV Data and Orchard Hills Condominiums. Currently, he is on the Boards of the Amputee Coalition of America, Cricket Hill Farm, Inc. and Cricket Hill Academy.

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