Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 12, 2002

Charles Smith – Granite State Bankshares Inc (gsbi)

CHARLES W. SMITH is the Chairman and CEO of Granite State Bankshares in Keene, New Hampshire since 1986. Mr. Smith was Executive Vice President of Raritan Savings Bank in Raritan, New Jersey from 1973-1982. He was formerly a senior bank examiner and tax specialist with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co. from 1968-1972. Mr. Smith was a Commissioned Officer (Captain) and Company Commander in the United States Army and was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam. He earned a BSBA in Accounting/Economics from Widener University and attended the Graduate School of Banking at Brown University. Mr. Smith is married and has three children. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the

company and then bring us up to date?

Mr. Smith: Granite State Bankshares, Inc. genesis was Keene

Saving Bank. There was a name