Co-op Bank Hires VP, Commercial Lending Officer

Pittsfield Cooperative Bank (Coop Bank) announced the hiring of Zachary Gundler to its commercial lending team as a Vice President. He has significant experience in commercial lending, commercial real estate assessment, credit risk analysis, portfolio management, relationship management and business development.  

Mr. Gundler joins Coop Bank after working for the previous ten years at Berkshire Bank in their commercial lending and business banking departments. For the last four and a half years, Gundler has been a Vice President, Business Banking Officer managing customers with annual revenues ranging from $3 million to $25 million and originating loans up to $3 million.   

“Coop Bank is excited to add Zach to our growing team,” said CEO J. Jay Anderson. “He has significant experience in lending, commercial real estate valuation, relationship management and development, and risk analysis.”

Gundler has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He currently serves on the Vermont Banking Association Commercial Lending Committee and previously served on the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Alumni Board. He was born and raised in Berkshire County and currently resides in Pittsfield with his family.