Bill MacIntosh Joins Benchworks as Chief Operating Officer

Wednesday, September 20th - 2006

CHESTERTOWN, MD--Bill MacIntosh has joined Benchworks as Chief Operating Officer. Bill brings to our firm a wealth of experience in marketing, finance and operations from several facets of his previous executive positions at such global companies as Nestle, S.A., PepsiCo International and PHH Corporation.

At Nestle, S.A., Bill led financial and operational engagements in Switzerland, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Sweden and later was appointed Vice President of Finance, managing Nestle's global investment and loan portfolio as well as foreign exchange trading operations in the United States. At PepsiCo International, Bill directed international treasury activities, focusing on South America and Asia, including the funding of PepsiCo's first bottling operation in China. Bill was Vice President of Financial Services at PHH Corporation during its period of highest growth and global expansion. Bill was most recently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Maryland.

Bill is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School and served as a U.S. Military Intelligence officer. He and his wife, Kay, have two sons, Will and John, and live in Chestertown, Maryland.