What Happened?
Duluth, GA-based Asbury Automotive Group hired Joe Parham as Chief Human Resources Officer.
About the Company
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG), headquartered in Duluth, GA, a suburb of Atlanta, is one of the largest automotive retailers in the U.S., with 2014 revenues over $5 billion. Built through a combination of organic growth and a series of strategic acquisitions, Asbury currently operates 87 retail auto stores, encompassing 104 franchises for the sale and servicing of 29 different brands of American, European and Asian automobiles. Asbury also operates 25 collision repair centers and three stand-alone used vehicle stores. Asbury offers customers an extensive range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicle sales and related financing and insurance, vehicle maintenance and repair services, replacement parts and service contracts.
About the Person
Mr. Joe Parham serves Asbury as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. He was most recently senior vice president of human resources at Acuity Brands, Inc., a $2.4 billion lighting fixtures and specialty cleaning chemicals company in Atlanta. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of human resources at National Service Industries, Inc. From 1983 to 2000, he held various positions within Polaroid Corporation, such as president and COO of Polaroid Eyewear, senior vice president of global human resources and senior director of global logistics and customer service. Mr. Parham holds both a B.S.B.A in Management and an M.B.A in Economics from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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