HOOKSETT, NH - Merchants Leasing announced that Dan Hannan joined the company as Director of Strategic Consulting. Merchants stated that 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."

Hannan comes to Merchants with over 20 years of fleet management experience, most recently with the Donlen Corp. where he held numerous Senior Vice President roles in Information Technology, Quality, Product Development, Strategic Consulting and Sustainability.

In addition, Hannan worked with GE Capital for 10 years, holding multiple roles in Customer Service, Purchasing, Maintenance Management, Vehicle Remarketing, Sales and Quality. Hannan is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and graduated from Mankato State University in 1991, Merchants stated.