Warren Williams Joins Mint Leasing as Interim Chief Financial Officer
HOUSTON, Oct. 29, 2009 -- The Mint Leasing, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MLES) ("Mint Leasing", "the Company"), which provides innovative leasing services to customers of franchised automobile dealers throughout the United States, today announced that Warren L. Williams has joined the Company as Interim Chief Financial Officer. He will serve in this capacity while the Company conducts and completes its search for a permanent CFO.
Mr. Williams is currently a consultant with the Woodhill Financial Group, Ltd. He has 31 years of financial and accounting experience, having served in a variety of leadership positions within a number of industries, including engineering and construction, oilfield services, manufacturing, wholesaling and distribution. Mr. Williams, a Certified Public Accountant, has been the CFO of two public companies and a financial consultant to numerous companies, both independently and as an Audit Partner with Ernst & Young. He has assisted management teams in assessing business capital needs and in raising both debt and equity capital.
In his role as CFO of Willbros Group, Inc., a NYSE-listed company, Mr. Williams' responsibilities included oversight of the accounting, finance, human resources, and IT departments during a period of time when the company's annual revenues increased from $177 million to over $800 million. During the six years (2000-2006) that he was part of the Willbros management team, the company expanded into new geographic markets and developed the systems necessary to comply with new regulations following Congressional passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He was also responsible for efforts that resulted in Willbros securing over $70 million in new equity capital, $150 million in subordinated debt capital, and $150 million in senior debt financing.
Mr. Williams earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston.
"I am very pleased to welcome Warren Williams to our senior management team," stated Jerry Parish, Chief Executive Officer of The Mint Leasing, Inc. "His extensive financial experience should prove invaluable as Mint Leasing pursues a strategy designed to expand geographically and to satisfy the growing demand for vehicle leasing within our customer network, which includes franchised auto dealerships that operate stores in 17 states."
About The Mint Leasing, Inc.
The Mint Leasing, Inc. represents an alternative to traditional financing companies by providing its innovative vehicle leasing solutions to the customers of premier automotive retailers. Most of its customers are located in Texas and six other states in the southeastern U.S. The Mint Leasing's customers are primarily comprised of brand-name automobile dealers that seek to provide leasing options to their customers. The Mint Leasing, Inc. is responsible for underwriting criteria and procedures, administration of the leases, and collection of payments from lessees.
The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and its common stock trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "MLES".
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