Peter Humphrey

Peter Humphrey has joined the Douglas Elliman Real Estate team in Greenport, NY joining the office there following a career in sales and trading on Wall Street. He has twenty years of personal experience buying and selling investment properties and a long track record of successfully advising clients and negotiating deals. With a focus on Shelter Island and Greenport Peter is now helping his many friends and business contacts to make the best home ownership decisions for both their financial needs and personal enjoyment.

Peter has an MBA from NYU and started his career as a trader managing currency risk for a global commercial bank. Later moving into sales Peter managed the customer accounts of some of the largest hedge funds and asset managers in the world, excelling at executing multi-million dollar transactions with a focus on individual clients’ risk profile and investment objectives. In his most recent work with financial technology start up firms Peter gained extensive experience managing multiple parties and negotiating to get complex deals closed.

He and his wife Kate have been visiting Shelter Island since 2001 and are now fortunate enough to make it their full time home. Peter has been sailing competitively for over 25 years and now crews on Swedish Match 40’s in Oyster Bay and with a C&C 35 racing PHRF on Shelter Island. He is also an active volunteer on the Shelter Island EMS squad and at the Senior Center on the Island. Kate is an entrepreneur with an interior design business, Stylish Shelter, and a gourmet who loves hosting family and friends. They enjoy good food, travel, kayaking and tennis. When Peter is not working he is often seen jogging or biking around the island.