Jim Neil

Churchill Capital Company LLC,

CEO

As co-founder and CEO, Jim Neil is in charge of strategic development of the firm and the deployment of the firm’s investment capital. Since 1981, Mr. Neil has personally financed a total of over $8 billion in real estate transactions. These transactions include all types of debt and equity financings for all categories of commercial real estate, including acquisition, bridge, ground up, turnaround, permanent and credit line facilities. He has been a principal in over 300 projects totaling over 25 million square feet with average annual returns on equity exceeding 25%.

Prior to forming Churchill, Mr. Neil worked with Wallenstein/Grubb & Ellis Incorporated from 1986-1995 as Executive Vice President and then Managing Director. He formed Americity Federal Corporation in 1985 to act as a Seller/Servicer for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multi-family loans and was also a Founder, Director and Principal of Americity Federal Savings Bank in Dallas, Texas. Both entities were sold in 1992 for 9 times the original investment. From 1984 to 1986 Mr. Neil was Executive Vice President of Saratoga Capital Corporation in Dallas, where he was the top producer in 1985 and 1986.

Mr. Neil received his Master's in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University. He has lectured at numerous seminars relating to financial underwriting, mortgage finance and capital investment in commercial real estate and is a guest lecturer at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.