Vivin Varghese

Provident Bank welcomed Vivin Varghese as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. Varghese most recently served as CISO of Customers Bank, and previously worked as information technology manager at the University of Pennsylvania. He will oversee the New Jersey bank's information and cybersecurity policies and practices.

According to the release, Varghese's oversight and management of information and cybersecurity policies, procedures and practices covers the bank's subsidiaries as well as the organization itself. He will advise staff and the bank's Executive Leadership Team on the administration of information security standards, the release states. The company says Varghese will also help develop plans within business units so they can manage risks effectively. Ravi Vakacherla, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, welcomed Varghese to the team, according to the release. Vakacherla said Varghese has experience across Governance Risk and Compliance, Identity Governance and Assurance, Security Operations and Security Engineering functions.

Varghese has worked in information security for 16 years, according to the company. At Customers Bank, the release says, Varghese was responsible for both physical and digital security. That remit at Customers Bank covered third-party risk, threat intelligence, incident response and business continuity, the company says. From Drexel University, Varghese earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Management Information Systems, the release says. The company says Varghese has received the InfoSec Skills Development Award.

Provident Bank was founded in Jersey City in 1839, the company says. Provident Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Provident Financial Services, Inc., according to the release. As of June 30, 2024, Provident Bank held $24.07 billion in assets, the company says. The bank offers financial solutions to businesses and consumers through 140 branches in New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania and New York, plus online and mobile banking and a contact center, the company says.