Thomas J. Yessman

Director

Thomas J. Yessman is a Director in the New York office of NHB Advisors, Inc.  He has broad experience in financial and forensic accounting, litigation support, corporate and structured finance, and the management of business operations. 

Mr. Yessman was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sightseeing Tours of America, Inc. (STA), the largest aviation-based sightseeing company in the Northeast United States, and was previously Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.  While at STA, he negotiated strategic acquisitions and led the infrastructure expansion of the accounting and information systems to accommodate the doubling of the business over a five year period.  

Previously, Mr. Yessman was a Senior Vice President of Americorp Securities, a New York-based investment banking firm.  In that role, he was responsible for both private and public financings for small to mid-cap companies.  The financing structures included leverage buyouts, initial public offerings (IPO’S), secondary offerings, and private placement of debt and equity.

Mr. Yessman also has experience in the area of structured finance.  At Aegis Holdings Corp., a  finance firm specializing in originating, warehousing, and underwriting  various asset backed securities..  Mr. Yessman’s responsibilities included building and analyzing cash flow models and credit enhancement of the securities.  He further established underwriting guidelines for the conduit finance programs and collaborated with rating agencies and the legal team to structure securities.  

Thomas Yessman began his career in public accounting with David Fischer and Company, a regional accounting firm in New Jersey, where his duties included auditing, due diligence analysis, mergers and acquisitions support, and forensic accounting.

Mr. Yessman is a graduate of Kean University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.  He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).  He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Turnaround Management Association.