Merchants Leasing Hires Dan Hannan As Director of Strategic Consulting

HOOKSETT, N.H., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Merchants Leasing is pleased to announce that Dan Hannan has joined the company as Director of Strategic Consulting.

The mission of Strategic Consulting is to partner with customers to drive costs savings and efficiencies through personalized lifecycle management, which includes powerful technology solutions and peer benchmarking.

"Merchants has a long history of best in class customer service, Dan's leadership in engaging customers to drive cost savings while providing powerful technology solutions fuels the continuous evolution of the Merchants value proposition," said Jack Firriolo, Merchants Chief Operating Officer.

"I am proud to be part of Merchants experienced and cohesive management team that is truly focused on providing custom tailored solutions," said Hannan. "The Merchants Strategic Consulting Team provides customers with Total Cost of Ownership and the ability to improve overall fleet efficiency."

Dan comes to Merchants with over 20 years of fleet management experience, most recently with the Donlen Corporation where he held numerous Senior Vice President roles in Information Technology, Quality, Product Development, Strategic Consulting and Sustainability.   In addition, Dan worked with GE Capital for ten years holding multiple roles in Customer Service, Purchasing, Maintenance Management, Vehicle Remarketing, Sales and Quality.  Dan is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and graduated from Mankato State University in 1991. 

About Merchants Leasing

Merchants Leasing provides customers nationwide a total fleet solution, which includes its unique No Risk closed-end lease option. Other comprehensive services include insurance and maintenance programs, fuel cards to manage mileage and gasoline expenses, roadside assistance, accident and risk management, telematics, local and nationwide delivery, and expert fleet management and administration. Merchants leases a variety of vehicles including cars, trucks and vans, law enforcement vehicles, handicap-equipped vehicles and more. Merchants Leasing is part of Hooksett based Merchants Automotive Group, Inc. and a Singer Family Company which includes Merchants Auto, Merchants Service and CARQUEST Parts. For more information about Merchants Leasing, visit the company's website at www.merchantsleasing.com.

CONTACT: Jessica Heizer, 1-603-606-4514, [email protected] 

SOURCE Merchants Leasing