The latest moves and appointments in the North America wealth management sector.

Peapack-Gladstone

US-listed Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp has appointed Carmen M Bowser to its board of directors and of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, effective September 28.

Bowser most recently served as managing vice president, commercial real estate division, at Capital One Bank, New York, NY, where she was responsible for a 100-person team operating in areas such as new loan originations and asset management.

Prior to joining Capital One, Bowser was a principal/managing director for Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, where she led the commercial mortgage origination teams in McLean, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts and New York City.

A resident of New York and graduate of William Smith College with an MBA in Finance from Rutgers Graduate School of Management, she is a National Association of Corporate Directors Fellow and a member of Women Corporate Directors, the Urban Land Institute and WX, Inc., an organization for executive women in commercial real estate. 

BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon Wealth Management has named William R Gibbs as a wealth director in the firm’s Seattle, Wash. office. 

Reporting to regional president James Barnyak, Gibbs is responsible for driving business development efforts around mergers and acquisitions and business succession planning, the firm said in a statement.

Previously, Gibbs was a vice president and financial advisor at Bernstein Private Wealth Management in Seattle for five years. Before that he held several executive leadership positions in sales, management and regulatory affairs at Boston Scientific Corporation/Guidant Corporation.

He also spent five years in the US Army as an Armor Company Executive Officer, an Assistant Battalion Logistics Officer, and a Platoon Leader in the Armor Platoon.

SignatureFD
SignatureFD, the financial advisory firm, has appointed Lance Stafford, CFA, as a principal.

Stafford will advise high net worth individuals and families.

“I am particularly excited to be a member of the SignatureWOMEN® initiative, where I will continue to pursue my passion for helping women who are transitioning to financial independence as a result of divorce, the loss of a spouse, or other life events,” Stafford said, explaining a feature of the firm’s work. 

Previously, Stafford spent three years as an investment counselor with one of the world’s largest asset management companies (not disclosed in SignatureFD’s press statement). He is a CFA charter holder and earned an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Central Bank of Bahamas

The Central Bank of Bahamas has appointed Derek Rolle as deputy governor, effective from September 1.

Rolle will succeed Michael Lightbourne, whose tenure as deputy governor ended on June 30, the bank said in a statement.

A 28-year veteran of the Central Bank, Rolle has served in various positions within the firm, most recently as senior manager and head of the banking department.