William Verhelle is the Chief Executive Officer of First American Equipment Finance. First American specializes in leasing high-technology equipment to large corporate borrowers. There are about 4,600 companies offering equipment financing services in the United States. For the fifth consecutive year, First American was recognized as one of the 100 largest equipment finance companies in the U.S. Before founding First American, Bill was Vice President and Western Division Manager of the Tokai Financial Services middle-market leasing company (now, De Lage Landen Financial Services).
Verhelle served as Chairman of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) in 2008. Prior to that, he was Chairman of the ELFA Government Affairs Council, a member of the ELFA Executive Committee and the ELFA Board of Directors, and chaired the ELFA Middle-Market Independent Business Council Steering Committee.
Bill Verhelle received a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, a Master in Business Administration from the Anderson School at UCLA, and a Doctor of Laws from Cornell Law School. He is a member of the New York Bar.
In my particular market, it's really, I think, a remarkable time, despite what you're all seeing and read about in the news; and if you drill down a little bit on what goes on in our industry and just a little bit more background - you know, we started a company with...very small scale where an indu...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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