Richard Gieseler is a group vice president for M&T Bank Corporation and the regional president for M&T Bank’s Florida region, which launched commercial banking operations in early 2019 from its Palm Beach Gardens office.
Following his 1990 graduation from West Point with a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Gieseler served his country as an Army officer and aviator in a variety of leadership roles including, Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Company Commander. 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 as a commercial real estate relationship manager in the Philadelphia region after earning his MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.