JULIA BRAUNER NAMED VICE PRESIDENT NORTH REGIONAL SALES MANAGER FOR MERCANTIL COMMERCEBANK

Coral Gables, FL - August 28, 2009

Mercantil Commercebank N.A., one of South Florida’s largest privately held banks with an excess of $5.6 billion in assets, has named Julia Brauner Vice President, North Regional Sales Manager, Mercantil Commercebank.

Julia will be located in the Weston branch located at 2500 Weston Road in Weston, FL.

As Vice President, North Regional Sales Manager for Mercantil Commercebank, Julia will be responsible for sales, service, and operations of banking centers within an assigned market. She will also be an integral part of the leadership team for Domestic Retail Banking, and will help create a vision and a strategy, as well as help to build strong branch teams in order to meet or exceed profit, growth, sales customer service, quality (operation) goals.

Prior to joining Mercantil Commercebank, Julia worked as a Private Bank Manager, Senior Vice President for Stonegate Bank in Boca Raton where her responsibilities included commercial loan production and deposit growth to name a few. She also was Vice President Market Manager for Comerica Bank where she was responsible for maintaining client portfolios in the Weston Market.

“Julia will be a great asset to the Bank as she has more than ten years of experience in the banking world and is extremely familiar with the tri-county market,” said Ed Holden, EVP Manager of Personal and Commercial Banking at Mercantil Commercebank.

ABOUT MERCANTIL COMMERCEBANK:
Mercantil Commercebank N.A. is one of the largest privately held banks in South Florida serving its community for 30 years. Mercantil Servicios Financieros (MSF), a Venezuelan company, beneficially owns the Bank through U.S. bank holding companies. MSF is the largest provider of financial services in Venezuela, with more than 80 years of experience. Mercantil Commercebank has assets of $5.6 billion. The Bank is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, and has 17 Banking Centers, 15 in South Florida; one in Manhattan, New York; and one in Houston, Texas. Mercantil Commercebank is a recipient of the “100 Top Business Minority Awards,” and is ranked as a Top Community Bank in South Florida. The Bank offers a wide variety of domestic, international, personal, and commercial banking services, including investment, trust, and estate planning through its subsidiaries, Mercantil Commercebank Investment Services, Inc. and Mercantil Commercebank Trust Company, N.A. For more information, please visit www.mercantilcb.com.

Editor’s Note: There’s another bank in South Florida whose moniker includes the word ‘Mercantile.’  Please note that we are MERCANTIL COMMERCEBANK. Thank you.

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