BEDMINSTER, NJ - June 3, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) and Peapack Private Bank & Trust announce that Bruce A. Watterson has joined the Bank as a Senior Managing Director, Managing Group Director, with the Bank’s Commercial Banking division. He will be based out of the Bank’s newest location in Garden City, New York.
Bruce joins Peapack Private from Flagstar Bank, formerly Signature Bank, where he has worked since 2001 as a senior vice president and managing group director. At Flagstar, Bruce was responsible for providing middle market businesses and high net worth clients in the NY Metro with solutions for all their financial needs. Prior to Flagstar, Bruce was with CitiGroup Private Bank where he was a vice president and managing director. He has over 40 years of corporate, private, and middle market banking experience, having held similar positions at National Westminster Bank, Marine Midland Bank and Mellon Financial Services.
A graduate from Pace University’s Lubin School of Business in Pleasantville, NY, where he majored in Finance and Accounting, Bruce is a Certified Cash Manager (CCM) and also maintains Series 6, 7 and 63/64 NASD licenses, in addition to a NYS Life and Health and Annuity License. He is heavily involved in the Long Island community and is active on numerous committees and boards. His affiliations include: The Energeia Partnership, The Education and Assistance Corp (EAC), The Challenger Business Advisory Counsel, The Nassau County Bar’s We Care Community Leaders, Rock and Wrap It Up and The Financial Executive’s Institute.
About the Company
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a New Jersey bank holding company with total assets of $7.1 billion and assets under management and/or administration of $11.8 billion as of March 31, 2025. Founded in 1921, Peapack Private Bank & Trust is a commercial bank that offers a client-centric approach to banking, providing high-quality products along with customized and innovative wealth management, investment banking, commercial and personal banking solutions. The Bank’s wealth management division offers comprehensive financial, tax, fiduciary and investment advice and solutions to individuals, families, privately held businesses, family offices and not-for-profit organizations, which help them to establish, maintain and expand their legacy. Peapack Private Bank & Trust offers an unparalleled commitment to client service. Visit www.peapackprivate.com for more information.
Contact: Denise Pace-Sanders, Peapack Private Bank & Trust, SVP Managing Principal, Brand and Marketing Director, 500 Hills Drive, Suite 300, Bedminster, NJ 07921, dpace@peapackprivate.com, (908) 470-3322
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