People: Virginia Commerce Bancorp Inc (VCBI.OQ)

Mr. Mark S. Merrill is Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc., and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Virginia Commerce Bank, subsidiary of the Company., since February 21, 2012. Prior to joining the Company and the Bank, Mr. Merrill was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tower Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-traded bank holding company based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serving in this role from March 2009 to February 2012. Mr. Merrill also served as Executive Vice President of Graystone Tower Bank, beginning in such role in March 2009, and served as Chief Financial Officer of Graystone Tower Bank from March 2009 to January 2011. Prior to the merger of Tower Bancorp, Inc. with Graystone Financial Corp., Mr. Merrill served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Graystone Financial Corp. and Graystone Bank from July 2008 to March 2009 (collectively, “Graystone”), and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2007 to June 2008. Mr. Merrill served as Chief Accounting and Risk Officer of Graystone Bank from May 2006 to June 2007. Mr. Merrill has over 9 years of banking experience, primarily in CFO and accounting roles.