Standard Register, a leader in management and execution of mission-critical communications, announced that William "Bill" Lee has been appointed as an officer of the company by its board of directors.

Lee joined the company in 2011 as president of its Financial Services business unit based in New York City, NY. Standard Register announced at its annual meeting of shareholders last week that its four business units will be consolidated into two: Standard Register Business Solutions and Standard Register Healthcare. Lee will serve as president of Standard Register Business Solutions, which integrates the former Financial Services, Commercial Markets and Industrial business units. Brad Cates will continue as president of Standard Register Healthcare.

"Bill is a valuable member of our team, with his deep experience and leadership skills," said Joseph P. Morgan, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Standard Register. "He is the right person to lead the new Standard Register Business Solutions, which will align our most skilled resources with our best opportunities and execute on a marketing strategy leveraging our technology-oriented Core growth solutions across vertical markets."

"We are finding that our Core technology-oriented solutions are driving sales across all the markets we serve," Lee said. "Standard Register Business Solutions will provide innovations in critical communications, marketing communications, on-demand publishing and product marketing and labeling through our platform of traditional printing, digital color, personalization options and digital media, including our new tablet applications."

Lee joined Standard Register after 11 years at Bowne & Company before it was acquired by R.R. Donnelly (RRD). He co-led the integration team for the legacy Bowne and RRD capital markets business. In his last role at Bowne, Lee was president of capital markets and compliance, leading Bowne's most profitable business unit with $400 million in sales and double-digit growth in revenue and profitability. Prior to his role as president, Lee served as managing director for Bowne's Europe and the Middle East markets. Lee earned a Bachelor of Science in business management from Fairfield University in Connecticut. In his new position with Standard Register, he will continue to divide his time between New York and Standard Register's Dayton, Ohio headquarters.