Daniel E. Cantara
Executive Vice President, Commercial Services Group
First Niagara Financial Group
Professional
Daniel Cantara is an executive vice president for First Niagara Financial Group and its subsidiary, First Niagara Bank.
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., (NASDAQ: FNFG) is the holding company for First Niagara Bank, N.A., a leading provider of financial services to consumers and businesses in upstate New York, and western and eastern Pennsylvania, with $20 billion in assets, 255 branches and $14 billion in deposits.
As executive vice president of the Commercial Services Group, Dan is responsible for First Niagara’s portfolio of products and services focused on commercial and business customers. This includes traditional lending and banking services, specialty lending (commercial real estate, equipment finance, government banking and health care), risk management and insurance services, capital markets, wealth management, and private banking.
Prior to joining First Niagara, Mr. Cantara was with Chiampou, Cantara, Travis & Dansa, LLP, a Buffalo-area regional public accounting firm, where he served as managing partner. Prior to that, he was with Price Waterhouse Coopers providing audit, accounting, tax, and consulting services to middle-market companies.
Education
- BA, Accounting, State University of New York at Buffalo
- MBA, State University of New York at Buffalo
Memberships & Affiliations | Honors & Awards
- Member, Dean's International Council, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
- Treasurer, Board, Darwin Martin House Restoration Corp.
- Treasurer, Board, Sisters Hospital Foundation
- Board Member, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Former Chair, Artpark & Company
Personal
Mr. Cantara currently resides in Buffalo, NY, with his wife, Lori, and their two children.
