{"id":4020,"date":"2019-07-09T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg-evopublic-testupdates.kinsta.cloud\/public\/?p=4020"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:44:05","slug":"evolution-funding-expands-team-new-cio-and-head-of-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/evolution-funding-expands-team-new-cio-and-head-of-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution Funding expands team with new CIO and Head of Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Motor finance broker Evolution Funding has appointed Paul Saggar as its Chief Innovation Officer and Adam Small as its Head of Operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saggar joins the business from Capita Travel and Events, part of Capita plc., where he was Chief Innovation Officer. He brings to the role over 20 years\u2019 experience in software development, IT infrastructure, data science, and digital customer experience development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saggar will have board level oversight of Evolution\u2019s development and IT teams, and will be responsible for developing the firm\u2019s digital customer journeys, along with increasing insight into customer behaviour and building technology solutions that continue to lead the digitization of the motor finance market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small brings over 17 years\u2019 experience to the role, joining the business from Capital One. He will oversee Dealer Services, Underwriting, Dealer Oversight, and the Complaints team, leading a program of process development, improvement and automation across Evolution\u2019s B2B support functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/stg-evopublic-testupdates.kinsta.cloud\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/adam-and-paul-web.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Small Head of Operations and Paul Saggar CIO\" class=\"wp-image-4021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/adam-and-paul-web.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/adam-and-paul-web-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.evolutionfunding.com\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/adam-and-paul-web-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>l to r: Adam Small, Head of Operations, and Paul Saggar, CIO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Streets, CEO of Evolution Funding, commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Paul and Adam to the company. 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