Patricia Baillieul joins Investment Services Center at The Village Bank

AUBURNDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, February 25, 2008 … Patricia P. Baillieul of Needham has joined the Investment Services Center at The Village Bank, according to an announcement made today by the Center’s James M. Thompson, Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner and LPL investment advisor representative.

In her new position as a financial consultant, Baillieul will work with Thompson in designing personal investment and wealth management strategies, including retirement planning, for customers of The Village Bank. 

Baillieul joins the Investment Services Center at The Village Bank with experience in diverse business disciplines including finance and planning, real estate and facilities, human resources, operations and administration.

Most recently, she served as vice president and senior consultant for New Directions, Inc., a premier outplacement and opportunity development firm. Previously she was vice president of human resources and administration with Fresenius Medical Care North America, a dialysis products and services company. She also has nearly two decades of financial services experience with The Boston Company and its successor, Mellon Private Asset Management.

Baillieul earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts. She is currently a Certified Financial Planner™ candidate at Boston University. She is also active in community and professional organizations, serving on the boards of directors of the New England Organ Bank and Operation ABLE. She is a past board member of Watertown Arts on the Charles and the Boston Heart Foundation.

The Village Bank, chartered by the state in 1910, has six full-service offices in Newton and Wayland and a Village Loan Center in Auburndale. The Bank also offers online banking services at village-bank.com. The Bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and a member of the Share Insurance Fund (SIF).