EDMONTON, July 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - AutoCanada Inc.
("AutoCanada" or the "Company") (TSX:ACQ) today announced the
appointment of Michael Rawluk as
President. Mr. Rawluk will assume full responsibility over
dealership operations, as well as associated functions including
business intelligence, marketing and human resources. He was
recently the Chief Operating Officer of the Birchwood Automotive
Group's 22 dealerships in Winnipeg, where he began his automotive career
more than 15 years ago.
"We are delighted to welcome Michael to AutoCanada," said
Paul Antony, Chairman of the Board
of Directors. "AutoCanada has rapidly grown since its founding and
we will continue to selectively acquire stores that fit our
criteria for excellent performance and enable us to further
diversify our brand portfolio and geographic reach. However, the
Company has yet to attain its goals for superior operational
performance and Michael will help us build out the operational
muscle within AutoCanada. We look forward to seeing Michael's
proven track record in managing a large and diversified group of
dealerships translate into operational excellence for
AutoCanada."
"We are very excited to have Michael join AutoCanada," said
Steven Landry, Chief Executive
Officer. "Michael's unique operational experience and skill-set
will be invaluable as we work towards fully integrating our stores
to unlock the value within each store as well as that associated
with our scale."
The Company also announced the resignation of Mark Warsaba as Senior Vice President and Chief
Operations Officer. The Company thanks Mr. Warsaba for his
dedicated years of service.
About AutoCanada
AutoCanada, a leading North American multi-location automobile
dealership group currently operating 68 franchised dealerships,
comprised of 27 brands, in eight provinces in Canada as
well as a group in Illinois, USA and has over 4,200
employees. AutoCanada currently sells Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram,
FIAT, Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, Infiniti,
Nissan, Hyundai, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Audi, Volkswagen, Kia, Mazda,
Mercedes-Benz, Smart, BMW, MINI, Volvo,
Toyota, Lincoln and Honda branded vehicles. In 2017, our
dealerships sold approximately 63,000 vehicles and processed
approximately 870,000 service and collision repair orders in our
999 service bays generating revenue in excess of C$3
billion.
Additional Information
Additional information about AutoCanada Inc. is available
at www.sedar.com and the Company's website
at www.autocan.ca.
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