Michael Merrill has been the director of the Hillsborough County’s Debt Management Department since 1988. His responsibilities include the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable financings for the County, long-range strategic financial planning for the County's enterprise funds (water and sewer, and solid waste/resource recovery), and financial management reporting for Internal Service Funds.

Prior to joining the county, he worked in Europe as a finance director, managing the subsidiaries of a publicly-held U.S. capital goods manufacturer. For eight years prior to that assignment, he worked in commercial real estate finance, corporate finance and public finance as vice president of a large commercial bank and, later with a regional investment bank.

He is a graduate of Marquette University, a member of the Government Finance Officers Association, and a Board Member of the Florida Public Finance Forum, Inc.

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