
	Kirk W. Walters is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of People&#39;s United Bank. He has more than 25 years of experience in the banking sector, 22 of which were spent in the Northeast markets where People&#39;s United currently operates and intends to expand.
	
	Walters was most recently Senior Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of Santander Holdings USA, Inc., the parent company of Sovereign Bank. He joined Sovereign in February 2008 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer from October 2008 until Banco Santander acquired the bank in February 2009. Prior to joining Sovereign, Walters was, from 1996 to 2008, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chittenden Corporation, which People&#39;s United acquired in January 2008.
	
	Walters has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California.
