Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. and Peapack Private Bank & Trust announced that Blerina Limaj has joined the Bank as Senior Managing Director and Group Director. She will lead a team based at the Bank’s Manhattan office.

Limaj is a seasoned professional in commercial real estate and deposit relationship management, with a proven track record of leading high-performing teams. She has extensive expertise in treasury and cash management services, trade finance, commercial and industrial lending, asset management and human resources.

Prior to joining Peapack Private, Limaj served as Senior Vice President and Group Director at Customers Bank, where she successfully recruited and onboarded a diverse team tasked with growing the bank’s deposit base. She also held a leadership role at Signature Bank/Flagstar Bank, co-leading a team of twelve private bankers focused on deposit growth and cash management services for both privately and publicly held real estate firms for a portfolio in excess of $3 billion in deposits. Earlier in her career, Limaj was a Private Banking Associate at North Fork Bank/Capital One Bank, where she managed and analyzed private banking relationships with assets exceeding $1 billion, providing daily banking services to high-net-worth clients. 

She holds an MBA in Real Estate, Corporate Finance, and International Finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Langone Program). She also earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Finance from Brooklyn College, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Tirana in Albania.