Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank, have announced the appointment of Michael F. Barbera as senior managing director, Commercial Private Banking specialising in commercial real estate. Barbera will be a part of the bank's multifamily lending team serving both the New York and New Jersey marketplace. Barbera has over 30-years of experience in the banking industry where he most recently served as senior vice president, commercial real estate at Capital One Bank in Melville, New York.

Prior to that, he held responsible positions in New York City at Commercial Bank of New York, First Mechanics Finance Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.