Manheim Promotes Freudenberg, McKay

ATLANTA - Kevin Freudenberg and Joann McKay have been promoted to new
positions in Manheim's customer relations and strategies department with
General Motors (GM), it was announced today.

 

Freudenberg is now Manheim's vice president, customer relations and
strategies, GM, and will report directly to Nick Peluso, senior vice
president, customer relations and strategies. In this role Freudenberg
is responsible for the day-to-day management of Manheim's relationship
with GM and GM-affiliated companies, also serving as the corporate
liaison with the auctions and GM. This includes implementing programs
that Manheim initiates as well as working with the auctions to ensure
all General Motors initiatives and policies are followed.

 

Prior to joining the customer relations and strategies department,
Freudenberg served as vice president of the paint division at Dent
Wizard since 2003.  He began his career in the auction business at Car
Brite in 1992 where he was the vice president, auction division. 

 

McKay's new position is executive director, customer relations and
strategies, GM. She will report to Freudenberg and Peluso and be
responsible for auction operations for GM and its affiliated companies.
She has worked within the Manheim family for more than 17 years,
including recent roles with the customer relations and strategies
department. She previously served as general manager of the
Baltimore-Washington Auto Exchange and started in the auction business
as fleet/lease manager at Baltimore-Washington in 1989. 

 

"Kevin and Joann have a proven history in our industry and within
Manheim," said Peluso. "They also understand the needs, initiatives and
remarketing goals of General Motors and how important that relationship
is to Manheim. They will provide a very stable base of knowledge and
innovative ideas as our partnership with GM moves forward."      


 


About Manheim 


Manheim is the world's leading provider of automotive remarketing
services.  Through its wholesale auctions and array of technology
products, Manheim impacts every stage of a used vehicle's life cycle,
helping commercial sellers and automobile dealers realize the full value
of their vehicles.  

 

The company's auction services include reconditioning, certification,
inspections, dealer financing, transport, title management and
marshaling, among others.  Manheim is also the leader in remarketing
technology, using its online tools to connect buyers and sellers around
the globe to the world's largest, most comprehensive wholesale
marketplace.  In 2005, Manheim handled nearly 10 million used vehicles -
and sold more than 5 million - representing more than $50 billion in
value.

 

Manheim's subsidiary companies provide value-added remarketing products
and services, including paintless dent removal (Dent Wizard), Auto Body
Repair, and salvage vehicle remarketing (Total Resource Auctions).