Richard Gieseler is the regional president for M&T Bank’s Florida region, which launched commercial banking operations in 2019 from its North Palm Beach office, co-located with M&T’s affiliate, Wilmington Trust.
Following his 1990 graduation from West Point with a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Gieseler served his country as an Army officer. In 1999, he joined MBNA America Bank where he led multiple departments as a consumer and small business risk manager in their Consumer Finance division.
Gieseler joined M&T Bank in 2007 after earning his MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. In 2011, Gieseler was promoted to commercial real estate group manager of M&T Bank’s Delaware region following the bank’s acquisition of Wilmington Trust. In 2016, Gieseler became the commercial lead of a multiyear program that implemented the commercial bank’s new loan origination system.
In February 2019, Gieseler relocated from Middletown, Delaware and now resides in Jupiter, FL with his wife Lisa.
