Westfield Bank names Hagan chief executive

Westfield Financial Inc., the holding company for Westfield Bank, has named James C. Hagan as the company and bank's chief executive.

Hagan will succeed Donald A. Williams effective December 31, the company said.

Since June 2005, Hagan served as president and chief operating officer of the company and the bank. Previously, he served as senior vice president and commercial loan department manager of the bank since 1998.

Williams has served as chief executive of the company since its inception in 2001. Williams will continue to serve as chairman of the board of the company and the bank, a position he has held since 2005. Williams served as president of the bank since 1983 and chief executive of the bank since 1987.
(By Elizabeth Campbell, Globe correspondent)