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Friday April 8
CARSTAR Names David F. Byers Chief Executive Officer
David F. Byers has been named Chief Executive Officer of CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts, bringing extensive franchise operations, finance and marketing expertise to North America’s largest collision repair company.Effective immediately, Byers assumes the CEO role from Dick Cross, who is transitioning to a role on the CARSTAR board of directors. Byers will spend the next 60 days working closely with Cross and meeting the members of the CARSTAR family. Warren D. Feldberg, Chairman of Champlain Capital Management, which owns CARSTAR, will assume the role of non-executive Chairman of the Board. Byers will report to Feldberg.
Byers joins CARSTAR with significant experience in multi-unit, retail franchise businesses. His executive background includes his role as Chief Operating Officer for H&R Block in Kansas City, where he worked from 1999 to 2007. In that role, he oversaw the company’s retail tax network, including its 13,000 retail locations and 100,000 employees. Byers also served as Chief Executive Officer for The Mutual Fund Store, based in Overland Park, KS, from 2007 to 2008. Most recently, Byers has been Chief Commercial Officer for Sirva, a Chicago-based global supplier of relocation and moving services operating under the Allied and North American Van Lines brands.
“CARSTAR is well positioned for additional growth, and I hope to bring my years of retail, multi-unit franchise experience to bear in helping to significantly accelerate that growth”, said Byers.
CARSTAR Auto Body Experts is the largest group of branded collision repair facilities in North America with over 380 locally owned and operated locations in 30 states and 10 Canadian provinces.
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