Mr. Hurn

Christopher G. Hurn

President & CEO

Mercantile Commercial Capital LLC

Christopher G. Hurn is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mercantile Commercial Capital LLC and actively participates in, among other things, the business development, underwriting and marketing functions of MCC. The company was expressly created to focus exclusively on providing 90 percent loan-to-cost financing for small to mid-sized business owners to purchase or construct commercial real estate. With this type of lending, business owners can obtain the highest cash-on-cash return available with financing that is cash-flow and capital sensitive to their business.

Previously, he worked as a senior management consultant, financier and executive with companies such as GE Capital, Heller Financial and NAI Realvest.

Mr. Hurn currently serves on the Greater Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Chamber Board of Directors and the Board of Directors for the Association for Corporate Growth's (ACG) Orlando Chapter. He is active in the Orlando Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI), the National Association of Development Companies (NADCO), the Seminole/Lake Mary Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce, Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Society (CFCRES), the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), and the Orlando Real Estate Forum (OREF), which he co-founded.

Mr. Hurn attended the Georgetown University Law Center and earned a Master's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Center (formerly at the Wharton School of Business). He earned two Magna Cum Laude Bachelor degrees (B.A. and B.S.) from Loyola University Chicago.

Mr. Hurn can be contacted at 407-786-5040 or churn@mercantilecc.com

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