{"id":13614,"date":"2023-02-22T14:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg-evopublic-testupdates.kinsta.cloud\/public\/?p=13614"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:44:05","slug":"evolution-funding-completes-strategic-sales-restructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/evolution-funding-completes-strategic-sales-restructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution Funding Completes Strategic Sales Restructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-evopublic-testupdates.kinsta.cloud\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ian-Paul-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Smith and Paul HIbbert\" class=\"wp-image-13616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ian-Paul-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ian-Paul-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ian-Paul-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ian-Paul.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>l to r &#8211; Ian Smith, Head of Sales (Major) and Paul Hibbert, Customer Engagement Director<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Evolution Funding has completed a strategic restructure of its sales function in a move that will support the company\u2019s ambitious growth plans.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Hibbert, who has successfully led the major accounts division for over eleven years, will be bringing his extensive experience to his new role as Customer Engagement Director. Paul will oversee the team that provides support for Evolution\u2019s brand partnerships consumer channel and will be responsible for leveraging the significant opportunities in that area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his role as Strategic Relationships Director, Paul successfully built and delivered Evolution\u2019s major accounts proposition over the course of eleven and a half years. Introduced to focus on the UK\u2019s Top 100 dealer groups, Paul established the strategy, structure and team and over that period, took yearly major advances from \u00a30 to \u00a3576m in 2022. In addition, Major have supported the largest dealerships and car supermarkets in the digitisation of their car finance proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul has over 30 years\u2019 experience in the motor industry and held various senior positions in finance and insurance before joining Evolution in 2011. He brings a wealth of sales and leadership experience to his new role in Customer Engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking up the mantle from Paul, responsibility for Evolution\u2019s key dealer relationships has passed to Ian Smith. In his role as Head of Sales, Ian will oversee Major, Signature (Evolution\u2019s bespoke vehicle finance solution), and Leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian has over 35 years\u2019 experience in the finance industry across multiple sectors such as retail credit, home improvement, motor, motorcycles, and marine. He has been with Evolution for eight years and during that time, in his role as Regional Sales Director, he looked after several Top 200 dealership groups, including Norton Way Group, JCB Group, Wilmoths, and Jemca. In 2022, Ian led the South-East region team to deliver \u00a3100M advances and win Team of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited about coming into this role as I\u2019ve had experience across all of the various sectors at some point or another in my career. The sheer variety of the sectors I will be looking after, plus managing some great talent within the business, really gets my motor running! With this experience and a track record of success, I hope to be able to continue on from the great work that Paul has done since the Major Accounts Team was formed a number of years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evolution Funding has completed a strategic restructure of its sales function in a move that will support the company\u2019s ambitious growth plans. 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