NORWICH – NBT Bancorp President and Chief Executive Officer Martin Dietrich recently announced that Sheldon Prentice, corporate senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, has been promoted to executive vice president.

A member of the NBT Bancorp Executive Management Team, Prentice coordinates the company’s legal activities, managing external legal counsel, overseeing relations with regulatory agencies and serving as corporate secretary. He is based at the company’s headquarters in Norwich.