Peapack-Gladstone Bank Hires Team of Princeton Private Bankers

BEDMINSTER, N.J., May 20, 2013

"Princeton is the ideal location for us," said Doug Kennedy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Peapack-Gladstone Bank.  "The market offers similar characteristics to our more northern locations and will allow us to easily introduce our brand of high-touch, private banking to a new client base."

Sean Murray, a resident of Titusville, NJ, will lead the Princeton based team as the market president and senior managing director.  He will be responsible for growing the Bank's private banking business and introducing the Peapack-Gladstone Bank brand to the Princeton community.  Sean brings 23 years of experience in the wealth management and the private client business to the Bank.  He most recently served as market executive of the NJ market for wealth advisory services at Wilmington Trust in Princeton, and prior to that as managing director and senior vice president of the wealth management group at First Union/Wachovia Bank in West Trenton.  He holds a BA in Economics from Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, and an MBA from Villanova University.  Sean is the finance committee chair of the Capital Health System board of directors, sits on the executive advisory council for Rutgers University School of Business in Camden, and serves on the executive board of the Central New Jersey Council, Boy Scouts of America. 

Joining Sean is Gene McCarthy, a 30 year veteran of the financial services industry, who joins the Princeton office of Peapack-Gladstone Bank as the lead senior managing director, commercial banking.  He will guide the commercial banking team of private bankers, as they grow the Princeton business for the Bank. Gene most recently held the position of team leader of real estate and commercial banking of the Princeton Office of M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust in Princeton and at Yardville National Bank as first senior vice president and market manager prior to that.  He is a seasoned financial services executive with a high performing track record.  He holds a BA in Economics from Bucknell University and is NYSE Series 7 and Series 62 licensed. Gene serves on the board and executive committee of the Raritan Valley Community College Foundation and the Hunterdon County YMCA.  He is also a trustee and the finance committee chair of the Hunterdon County Economic Partnership.

Gerald Buffalino and Jennifer Ohlweiler also join the Peapack-Gladstone Bank Princeton office as senior managing directors, commercial banking.  Gerald and Jennifer will partner with Gene McCarthy to initiate and develop the Bank's commercial banking and wealth management business model as well as the delivery of the Peapack-Gladstone Bank brand of client service.  Gerald, a resident of Holmdel, joins PGB from M&T/Wilmington Trust where he most recently served as vice president and senior relationship manager.  Over his 37 year career in the financial services industry, Gerald has held positions at Garden State National Bank, Lloyds Bank, PLC, Citibank, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, N.A. He holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from Fordham University as well as an MBA in Finance from Farleigh Dickinson University. 

Jennifer Ohlweiler, a resident of Medford, NJ, holds a BA in Finance and Economics from Rider University in Lawrenceville.  She brings more than 13 years of experience in the financial services industry, specifically in business banking and business development, to Peapack-Gladstone Bank, having most recently served as a commercial banker at M&T Bank.

Delia Bass-Dandridge will also comprise part of the new Princeton Peapack-Gladstone Bank team as senior managing director, wealth.  A former vice president and senior private client advisor at Wilmington Trust, and resident of Hamilton, NJ, Delia brings more than 24 years of experience to the Bank. She will work in partnership with the commercial banking private bankers to develop the Bank's relationship banking business model and grow its wealth management business, while introducing the Peapack-Gladstone Bank brand to the Princeton community.    Delia is a Tufts University graduate with a BA in Political Science and French, and is Series 7 licensed.