The Board of Directors of HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. announced that James W. Blake will retire as Chief Executive Officer effective May 18, 2022. Joseph F. Casey, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, will continue to hold the title of President, and will assume the role of CEO on May 19, 2022. Mr. Blake and Mr. Casey will continue to serve on the Boards of both the Company and the Bank.

Mr. Blake is a fifty-year veteran of the community banking industry. He joined HarborOne Bank – then known as Brockton Credit Union – in 1993, and he has served as CEO since 1995. During his tenure, Mr. Blake has overseen transformative change at the Bank, including the conversion from a credit union to a bank in 2013, the acquisition of Merrimack Mortgage Company, Inc. in 2015, the Company's minority stock offering in 2016, the acquisition of Coastway Bancorp, Inc. in 2018, the completion of the second-step conversion in 2019, and expansion of the Bank's footprint into Metro Boston beginning in 2019 and continuing with the December 2021 opening of new branches in Brighton, Brookline and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mr. Blake has served on the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Since 2011, he has served as Chairman of the Signature Healthcare Executive Business Council and the YMCA Foundation. He also currently serves on the board of the Connecticut Online Computer Center, a position he has held since 2003.

Mr. Casey joined the Bank in 2004 and was appointed President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director in February 2017. Prior to his current position, Mr. Casey held numerous positions at the Bank, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2015, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2006. He is also committed to public service, serving currently as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the MetroSouth Chamber of Commerce, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Old Colony YMCA and Chairman of its Investment Committee.

Before joining HarborOne Bank, Mr. Casey was Vice President at Seacoast Financial Services in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Compass Bank for Savings in New Bedford, Massachusetts, from 2003 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Casey spent 17 years with Andover Bancorp, Inc. in Andover, Massachusetts, holding various titles, including Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Controller and Internal Auditor.