Washington Trust announced Anthony Botelho, Executive Vice President, has been appointed Chief Lending Officer and assumed responsibility for the Bank's Commercial and Industrial Lending, Commercial Real Estate Lending, Business Banking and Cash Management groups.

Botelho has more than 35 years of banking experience, having joined Washington Trust in 2021 from Freedom National Bank, where he served as President and CEO before that financial institution was acquired. Botelho holds an MBA from Bryant University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at the United Way of Rhode Island, where he also chairs the Governance Committee, and formerly served as President of the Rhode Island Bankers Association and on the Board of Directors at the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce.