Peapack-Gladstone Bank Hires Guarino as Senior Vice President



Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack-Gladstone Bank hired Michael Anthony Guarino, Esq. 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, 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, 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 and risk/counsel risk assessment at Israel Discount Bank of New York, where he held roles as compliance officer and counsel, risk assessment, quality control and legal counsel. Additional roles included assistant counsel, vice president and regulatory compliance manager, First Fidelity, First Union Bank and assistant treasurer, legal liaison, risk manager, international trade products department and legal investigator and analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY.

Guarino earned his bachelor of arts in Spanish, political science and pre-law from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, along with a summer studies program in Valencia, Spain. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the Seton Hall Law School, with a concentration in banking, UCC Business, Trusts and International Law. Guarino is a member of both the New Jersey and New York Bars and holds certifications as a Certified Compliance Manager (ICB) and Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM). In addition to his studies in Spanish, Guarino has a working knowledge of Italian.


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