John Babcock is a Senior Executive Vice President at Peapack Private Bank & Trust and is the President of the Bank's wealth management division. He is responsible for all of the Company’s wealth management activities including investment management, trust and fiduciary services, custody, banking and lending solutions for high net worth, institutional and not-for profit clients. He is a member of the Company’s Senior Management Executive Committee, the Asset and Liability Committee, the Firm Risk Committee, as well as serving as President of PGB Trusts and Investments of Delaware.
Prior to joining the Bank, he was the managing director in charge of the Northeast Mid-Atlantic region for the HSBC Private Bank and, prior to that, he was the New York Metro Market Executive for U.S. Trust - the largest of U.S. Trust’s 53 markets in the U.S. In these and previous roles over the last 34 years, he has led commercial and wealth management/private bank businesses in New York City and regional markets through mergers, expansions, rapid growth and periods of significant organizational change.
John is a 1980 graduate of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and has an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He holds his FINRA Series 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses. He has been involved with many organizations over the years in board and advisory capacities including the New Jersey Special Olympics, New Jersey Seeds, the New Jersey State Golf Association Caddie Scholarship Foundation and the Deidre O’Brien Child Advocacy Center.