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Hometown Financial Group, the Easthampton-based mutual multibank holding company of bankHometown in Oxford, has hired Reed Whitman as its new executive vice president, chief financial officer.

Employees at Milford Regional Physician Group, bankHometown, and Vision Advertising are moving up in their careers.

Employees at Assumption University, Fidelity Bank, and Mirick O'Connell are advancing in their careers.

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As a 1979 Holy Cross graduate, I returned to Worcester in September of 1980 to start my publishing career in advertising sales.

Central Massachusetts professionals are being hired and promoted at organizations including bankHometown, Vision Advertising, and Webster Five.

The chief technology officer of Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp. is heading to retirement, as the company’s new CEO looks to overcome falling stock prices and global demand issues.

Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing company founded in a Moscow basement laboratory in 1990, has sold its remaining assets in Russia, citing the impact of ongoing sanctions related to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Oxford-based Byrnes Property Management has expanded its presence in Worcester County.

Ernie Herrman, president and CEO of The TJX Cos. in Framingham, was the highest-paid CEO among Central Massachusetts public companies for fiscal 2023.