West Asset Management Appoints Mick Mazour President

West Asset Management today announced that Mick Mazour will become President of the company on January 1, 2007.

Mr. Mazour has a long track record of success with West Corporation. He joined the company in November of 1987 as Director of Data Processing Operations. He then became part of the team that launched West Corporation?s Outbound business in San Antonio. Mazour is currently President of West Business Services.

?I am excited about the possibilities and potential for growth at West Asset Management,? commented Mick Mazour. ?Jim Richards and his team have put together a great company and I look forward to working closely with them in the coming years to build upon and expand this success.?

Current president, Jim Richards, will remain with the company as a Senior Advisor. Richards has 34 years of industry experience and has led the Company since West Corporation?s acquisition of Attention LLC in 2002.

West Asset Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of West Corporation and offers companies a full suite of First and Third Party receivables management solutions, as well as Pre-Legal and Legal services and Portfolio Purchasing solutions.