John Macke

John Macke joined Merchants in July 2017 after more than 25 years in the mortgage finance industry. Mr. Macke has served in the roles of EVP of Capital Markets and Chief Financial Officer at Stonegate Mortgage. Mr. Macke also spent many years with Irwin Mortgage, a national residential mortgage lending company, responsible for capital markets, strategy, business development, and finance department management. He has extensive experience with financial forecasting, planning and analysis, as well as servicing valuation and MSR hedging. Mr. Macke was also the Chief Operating Officer of Freedom Mortgage after its acquisition of Irwin Mortgage. He holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a BS degree in finance from the University of Dayton.