Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the appointment of John P. Babcock to the position of senior executive vice president and president of private wealth management effective March 10, 2014. Babcock, a resident of Mendham, NJ, will be responsible for growing the Bank's wealth management business and catapulting the Bank's innovative approach to private banking and personalized "white-glove" client service to both new and existing clients.

John brings more than 33 years of experience in wealth management and private banking to Peapack-Gladstone Bank, most recently serving as managing director and the regional head of the Northeast Mid-Atlantic region for the HSBC Private Bank, responsible for leading a team of over 50 professionals delivering investment, banking, lending, brokerage, insurance and other wealth management services and advice to high net-worth families and individuals in the U.S. and abroad.