Executive Changes: Premiere Credit Appoints Feroze Waheed as CFO and Robert Pruim as HR Director

INDIANAPOLIS — Premiere Credit of North America, LLC (Premiere Credit) announced that Feroze Waheed joined the executive team as Chief Financial Officer, and Robert Pruim as Director of Accounts Receivable Management Human Resources.

“We are extremely pleased that Feroze Waheed has agreed to serve as CFO of Premiere Credit,” said Rob Meck, President & Chief Executive Officer. “Feroze brings nearly 30 years of experience in corporate finance, operations, information technology, and accounting, and I am thrilled someone of his caliber will be joining our team.”

In 2004, Waheed founded Astra Business Services, Inc., a collection agency serving the healthcare, credit card, telecom, and direct marketing industries, which has the distinction of being the first agency in the U.S. to achieve ISO 27001 certification. Prior to 2004, Waheed served as Executive Vice President of Delaware-based WSFS Financial Corporation and Chief Financial Officer of Diversified Collection Services.

Meck also announced the addition of Robert Pruim as the new Director of Accounts Receivable Management Human Resources.

Pruim has more than 30 years of experience in the field of human capital.  As Vice President of Human Resources for FinishMaster, Inc. he led the integration of more than 50 corporate acquisitions as the company grew to employ more than 1,700 people. His previous experience also includes leadership positions at Drawform Inc. and ITM Corporation.

“We have been experiencing considerable growth over the past two years and expect this trend to continue,” said Meck. “I’m delighted to welcome an HR professional of Bob’s quality and accomplishment to our company and feel confident his experience will be invaluable as we look to add and retain the industry’s top talent at Premiere Credit.”

About Premiere Credit
Premiere Credit (http://www.premierecredit.com) is a leading national accounts receivable management (ARM) company successfully managing more than 800,000 accounts valued at nearly $4 billion. The company’s diversified portfolio of asset classes includes child support, commercial debt, federal student loans, medical receivables, private student loans, state government debt and other accounts receivable.