Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack Private Bank added Elizabeth “Liz” Martone as senior managing director, group director. Operating from the bank’s Park Avenue Office in New York City, she will play a pivotal role as a part of James Handal’s leadership team.
Martone is a seasoned banking executive with 25 years of financial services experience and a proven track record of building and managing high-value client relationships, driving business development and enhancing operational efficiency. Most recently, she served as senior vice president, commercial private banking at BankUnited in Melville, NY, where she led a team of associates and provided guidance to enhance the client experience. In this role, she focused on delivering superior service while cultivating new business opportunities across high-net-worth individuals, companies and referral networks.
Prior to that, Martone served as managing director at The Montauk Group, where she collaborated in the development and implementation of comprehensive global banking relationship management (BRM) strategies to strengthen client relationships and optimize financial and operational performance. Her earlier positions include vice president, cash management at Herald National Bank in New York, NY; vice president, private banking at Capital One; and vice president, cash management team lead at North Fork Bank.
Martone earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, philosophy and education from Siena College.
