READING, Mass. – Reading Co-operative Bank announces that Julieann Thurlow has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the bank.

Thurlow, who most recently held the position of executive vice president and director of community banking at the bank, has more than 20 years’ experience in banking, including 13 years at Reading Co-operative Bank.

She is the daughter of the Rev. Lawrence Thurlow and Nancy Thurlow of West Sumner.