Brian N. Hamel, age 49, is an equity owner of Thompson-Hamel, LLC. Director since January 2007. Committees: Audit; Pension and Benefits; Strategic Planning. Mr. Hamel provides financial and estate planning services and offers a wide variety of investment and insurance products. In addition, he is the founder and President of Hamel Enterprises, LLC, specializing in economic development, business attraction, and base closure matters. His 26 years of business knowledge includes base redevelopment in Maine and New Hampshire, executive leadership for a manufacturing conglomerate in Portsmouth, NH; and as a CPA for a Boston-based international accounting firm. Under Mr. Hamel's 10-year leadership as President of the Loring Development Authority of Maine, the former Loring Air Force Base has been transformed into a vibrant economic engine, bringing much needed jobs to the region. Mr. Hamel is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Maine Society of Certified Accountants, and is also a licensed Life and Health Insurance Producer and a Series 7 Registered Securities Representative. He graduated, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. |