Faheem A. Masood

Faheem Masood serves as President & CEO of ESL Federal Credit Union, assuming this leadership position in March 2016. Prior to his present position, ESL appointed Faheem President & COO in May 2012. In that role, he directed the personal banking, business banking, and wealth management lines of business, which include ESL Investment Services, LLC (ISLLC), operations, lending center, marketing, branch and contact center, and corporate planning.

Faheem launched his career at ESL in 1991 as a senior financial analyst and was later named manager of financial planning and analysis in 1994. He was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer (1997) of ESL Investment Services, LLC (ISLLC). Three years later, he was also named vice president/corporate product development and in 2003, he was promoted again to senior vice president/marketplace director.

Faheem received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Allegheny College and earned an MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Active in the community, Faheem serves on the board of directors of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Greater Rochester, Geva Theatre Center, Lifetime Health Care Companies and its Rochester Regional Advisory Board, as well as the New York and National Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank.