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Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) and Peapack-Gladstone Bank are proud to announce that Michael Anthony Guarino, Esq. has joined the Bank as a Senior Vice President, Attorney.

Working out of the Bank’s Headquarters in Bedminster, New Jersey and its new location at 300 Park Avenue, New York City, Mr. Guarino is primarily responsible for responding to all legal issues arising out of the Company’s New York office, in addition to working with the Bank’s General Counsel in providing support and advice to the Bank’s executive and leadership teams on all matters of law and policy.

An accomplished and seasoned corporate attorney, Mr. Guarino has over 25 years of experience in financial services, including legal, regulatory risk assessment and compliance management, fraud and AML investigations, and vendor management/contract review with evolving risk.  He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel at Metropolitan Commercial Bank.  Prior to that as Compliance Officer & Risk/Counsel Risk Assessment at Israel Discount Bank of New York where he held roles as Compliance Officer & Counsel/Risk Assessment/Quality Control/ and Legal Counsel.  Additional roles included Assistant Counsel/Vice President & Regulatory Compliance Manager, First Fidelity, First Union Bank and Assistant Treasurer, Legal Liaison/Risk Manager, International Trade Products Department, and Legal Investigator/Analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) announces the elevation of MJ Sully, Esq. to Senior Managing Director, Chief Fiduciary Officer at Peapack Private, a division of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, and names her President of PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware, a bank subsidiary.  She is a member of the Peapack Private senior leadership team and manages the trust and estate professionals and support personnel in both New Jersey and Delaware who provide trust, estate, agency, IRA, foundation, tax, and custody administration.  Ms. Sully joined the wealth management division of the organization in 2007.

Ms. Sully began her legal career in private practice and then served for more than 12 years as a government attorney.  She was Assistant Municipal Attorney to the Township of West Orange and then Special Probate Counsel to the Essex County Surrogate’s Court and the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Probate Part.
Ms. Sully has lectured for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on various topics such as Probate Litigation, Surrogate Court Practice, Fiduciary Duties, Elective Share, Guardianships, Conservatorships, and was the Keynote Speaker at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s 56th Semi-Annual Tax & Estate Planning Forum. She has appeared on the Discovery Channel as a legal expert for the television series, “The Will”.