Paul G. Ricchi has been appointed vice president of commercial lending at MetroWest Bank. He will be responsible for growing the bank’s existing Boston commercial loan portfolio and will be based at the Boston banking office. He joined MetroWest in May 2000. Ricchi was formerly employed at Boston Private Bank & Trust Company and Textron Financial Corporation. He is a former member of the Swampscott, Massachusetts, Finance Committee and past chairman of the board of the Northeast division of the American Heart Association. He is a life member of RMA, the association of lending and credit risk professionals. He is a resident of East Providence.
