Beacon Financial Corporation, the Boston-based holding company of Beacon Bank has named Sean A. Gray as its new CEO. Beacon Bank has 145 branches including nine in Westchester, three in Putnam, one in Rockland and 18 in Connecticut.
Gray succeeds Paul A. Perrault, who retired from the CEO position and the bank.
Sean Gray. Gray has nearly three decades in banking. Most recently, Gray served as COO of the company. Prior to the merger of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. and Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. to create Beacon Financial Corporation, Gray served as president and COO of Berkshire Bank from November 2018 through 2025 and as senior executive vice president of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. from 2015 through 2025.
During his tenure at Berkshire Bank, which began in 2007, Gray led retail and commercial banking, specialty lending, and wealth management.
Gray earned a Master of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from Bentley University.
“Beacon is well-positioned to grow, with greater scale, expanded capabilities and a stronger operating platform that allows us to accelerate our progress as a relationship-driven commercial bank,” ...