Julian Mesa is EVP - Commercial Group Manager at IBERIABANK. In this role, he contributes to professional and business development and supervises all Miami-Dade business bankers. Among his responsibilities are ensuring that the Miami-Dade business bankers provide excellent customer service, meet with customers and prospects, evaluating his team’s loan opportunities and formulating adequate loan structures, evaluating loan and deposit products with senior management, and being a resource to our customer base in real estate and compliance matters. Mesa earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University (with honors) in 1973 and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1976. He has over 30 years of banking experience in many capacities, including president of Transatlantic Bank (until the acquisition by Sabadell). Prior to banking, Mesa was involved in many private enterprises (domestic and foreign) both as a CPA and a principal. In his spare time, Mesa enjoys boating, history, traveling and reading.