John O’Donnell has been appointed Managing Director of Innovation Group’s EMaC division, the UK’s leading provider of Service Plan and Customer Retention Schemes to the UK automotive industry. Neil Hodson has resigned his position as interim Managing Director and has been replaced by John.

John has been with Innovation Group for three years, previously serving as Sales Director of the UK Motor business, and he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this successful and rapidly growing operation.

Matt Porter, Innovation Group’s UK CEO, commented:

We’re pleased that John has agreed to lead one of our most exciting UK businesses. EMaC has enormous potential to expand its service plan capability and to launch new products and services for automotive clients, both in the UK and internationally.

John O’Donnell added:

I’m taking on responsibility for leading EMaC at an exciting time for the business. With an accomplished team of industry experts and a number of innovative new products in the pipeline, EMaC is ideally positioned to continue its growth. I’m looking forward to working with our clients to drive collaborative product development and ensure that EMaC remains the leader of technology-enabled retention solutions.

Neil Hodson joined the business to facilitate the handover from founder, Angela Barrow, and this process is now complete. We thank Neil for his contribution to EMaC and wish him well in his future endeavours.