Craig Schurr

Craig Schurr is senior vice president and manager of FirstMerit Bank's International Banking Division. He is responsible for the overall international business activities of the bank including foreign correspondent banking, foreign exchange, trade finance and structured finance products and the sale of services to companies throughout FirstMerit Bank's banking franchise.

Craig joined FirstMerit in 2009 and has over 44 years of experience in banking with 32 years focused solely on international banking. Previously he worked for National City Bank, Bank One, Mellon Bank and Equibank where he held senior management positions in audit, treasury management and international banking.

Craig is a Board member of the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade and also co-chair of the association's North American Council. In addition, he is a member of the Northern Ohio District Export Council (NODEC) and a former member of The Global Council, the Advisory Board of Thunderbird, The School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona where he teaches a class in Export Import Management as an adjunct professor. Craig enjoys working with the Financial Services Volunteer Corp. and is a frequent speaker at regional and national trade association conferences.

Over his career Craig has assisted hundreds of companies throughout the United States with their global business whether it is improving payment experience for global sales through effective deployment of trade tools, enhancing performance of global sourcing operations through effective management of the financial supply chain or efficient treasury management and hedging of foreign cash operations. He co-developed and taught an all-day seminar entitled "Inside Trade Finance" which was designed to provide exporters with financing tools that effectively enhance and improve the profitability of international sales while enhancing relationships with global customers.