The Board of Directors of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., announced that Senior Vice President of Operations Daniel E. Clara has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer effective February 17, 2025. Mr. Clara has over 23 years of extensive automotive retail experience. Prior to his 5 years as SVP of Operations, he held positions as regional vice president, market director, general manager, other store-level department leadership roles, and store-level frontline retail positions at Asbury.
“Dan has done a great job leading store operations for Asbury for the past 5 years,” said Tom Reddin, the Chair of the Board. “Dan’s leadership has contributed to significant same store growth, successful integration of several large acquisitions, and importantly, value creation for our shareholders.”
David Hult added, “I am very excited that the Board appointed Dan to the position of Chief Operating Officer. It is a well-deserved promotion. In addition to leading store operations, Dan’s leadership responsibility now also includes our development and innovation team, as well as significant functions within our marketing team. With the totality of Dan’s growing responsibilities, he will have an even larger impact on enabling an industry-leading guest experience and the go-to-market strategies in our stores.”
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Dan Clara stated, “I am honored and grateful to take on a larger leadership role and look forward to driving further growth for the Company. I want to thank David and the Board of Directors of the Company for providing me this opportunity. David has been a wonderful mentor to me since he joined the Company in 2014. I look forward to continuing the work alongside our team members in pursuit of our mission: to become the most guest-centric automotive retailer.”
Source: BusinessWire