William B. Grant, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of First United Bank & Trust, and Keith R. Sanders, senior vice president and senior trust officer of First United Trust & Investments announced the promotion of Eric Delaney to First United Trust & Investments vice president.
Mr. Grant commented, “Eric’s expertise and experience make him a tremendous asset to First United Trust & Investments, and his dedication shows daily in his job. This promotion recognizes the important contributions he has made to the performance of our trust and investments department.” Mr. Sanders added, “Eric’s promotion is well deserved and he is a great team player who understands the importance of superior customer service.”
Eric has 22 years of experience in the financial services industry specializing in wealth management, estate planning, trust administration and financial planning for clients. Since joining First United in 2004, Eric has worked in the trust department starting as a trust & investments officer and was then promoted to senior trust & investments sales officer working out of our Allegany County offices.
Eric is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Eric went on to obtain his Certified Financial Planner certification from the American College CFP Program. He is also a graduate from the Campbell University Trust School and graduated from Cannon Financial Institute Trust School.
Eric went on in his studies with Cannon Financial and became a graduate of the Employee Benefits School. Eric is a certified financial planner and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7 registered representative, serves as an investment advisor representative and has a Maryland health and life insurance license.
First United Corporation operates one full-service commercial bank, First United Bank & Trust. The Bank has a network of community offices in Garrett, Allegany, Washington, and Frederick Counties in Maryland, as well as Mineral, Hardy, Berkeley and Monongalia Counties in West Virginia. First United’s website can be located at mybank4.com. As of 09/30/2012, the corporation posted assets of $1.4 billion.
