ESSA Bancorp Inc.

11/28/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/28/2021 03:05

ESSA Bank & Trust Expands Its Lehigh Valley Commercial Banking Team

Stroudsburg, PA (June 25, 2021) - ESSA Bank & Trust announced that Mohammad Taha has joined the Bank's Lehigh Valley Commercial Banking team.

Mohammad has been appointed Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager for the Lehigh Valley Region. Prior to joining ESSA, Mohammad served as AVP, Real Estate Relationship Manager at Penn Community Bank. He will be located at the Bethlehem Regional Office and support existing and prospective commercial clients throughout the Lehigh Valley Region.

His previous experience includes commercial underwriting and relationship management, most recently specializing in commercial real estate as well as managing both new and established customer portfolios.

Mohammad has a Bachelor of Science degree from the Rutgers School of Business at Rutgers University and has completed an extensive specialized commercial bank training program through the American Bankers Association. Mohammad has also served on the Lehigh Valley Young Professional's Committee at the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

"Mohammad brings a wealth of industry experience and extensive knowledge of the Greater Lehigh Valley market. We look forward to his contributions and assistance in the continued growth of our commercial loan market share as part of our customer-focused regional structure." said Stephen Bowers, Regional President, Lehigh Valley Region.

About the Company ESSA Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, ESSA Bank & Trust which was formed in 1916. Headquartered in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the Company has total assets of $1.9 billion and has 22 community offices throughout the Greater Pocono, Lehigh Valley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and suburban Philadelphia markets in Pennsylvania. ESSA Bank & Trust offers a full range of commercial and retail financial services, asset management and trust services, investment services through Ameriprise Financial Institutions Group and insurance benefit services through ESSA Advisory Services, LLC. ESSA Bancorp, Inc. stock trades on the NASDAQ Global MarketSM under the symbol "ESSA."

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ESSA Bank & Trust

Corporate Center

200 Palmer Street

Stroudsburg, PA 18360

484.661.5020