Peoples United Financial Inc

The gig: Chief executive of 300-branch People's United Financial Inc. of Bridgeport, Conn., the largest regional bank based in New England, with a goal of expanding to California and other potential growth markets. Personal: 56 years old; married to Marie Helene; one daughter; homes in Fairfield, Conn., and Los Angeles. Background: Son of a British father and French mother and educated in Paris, Sherringham came to L.A. on a fluke and wound up holding posts at Home Savings of America, Fidelity Federal Bank, California Federal Bank and Sanwa Bank (later renamed United California Bank)

The gig: Chief executive of 300-branch People's United Financial Inc. of Bridgeport, Conn., the largest regional bank based in New England, with a goal of expanding to California and other potential growth markets. Personal: 56 years old; married to Marie Helene; one daughter; homes in Fairfield, Conn., and Los Angeles. Background: Son of a British father and French mother and educated in Paris, Sherringham came to L.A. on a fluke and wound up holding posts at Home Savings of America, Fidelity Federal Bank, California Federal Bank and Sanwa Bank (later renamed United California Bank)