Oriental Financial Group Inc. announced the appointments of Norberto Gonzalez, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Ganesh Kumar, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, to new and expanded senior executive positions. The appointments are both effective February 1, 2012. Mr. Gonzalez has been named as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, a new position, where he assumes all responsibility for enterprise risk management, asset and liability management, compliance, internal audit, loan review, loss-share and regulatory relationships. Having joined Oriental in 2003, Mr. Gonzalez, 53, a CPA, has been the company's Chief Financial Officer since 2006. Mr. Kumar was named to an expanded Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer position, which includes corporate finance, strategic planning, accounting and reporting, and business analytics. In addition, Mr. Kumar will continue to manage the wealth management business and administrative functions, such as human relations and information technology. Mr. Kumar, 48, who joined Oriental in 2004, has been Chief Operating Officer since 2009.