Tara Williams will be re-joining the AutoProtect Group at the start of March filling the newly created role as chief risk and compliance officer.

Williams said: “I recognise that the market has moved on and that embracing the developments in regulatory compliance is business-critical to the motor retail community; something I have experienced first-hand on a daily basis in my current post.”

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“In my new role, I aim to work across the group with AutoProtect, DealTrak and Shine! to develop a new standard of compliance support for dealers, which can be embraced by all retailers regardless of scale,” she added.

Additionally, Williams has also been appointed as managing director of i-Comply Online, the business she headed up following its acquisition by AutoProtect in 2014.

She joins AutoProtect from motor retailer, Group 1 Automotive where she has been the business’ F&I and compliance director working with 11 OEM brands across 65 dealerships.

Her appointment coincides with AutoProtect seeking to expands its dealer support activities significantly.

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Matthew Briggs, chief executive, said: “Driven by regulation, digitisation and changing customer expectations, the motor retailing and F&I model is changing. As a business, AutoProtect Group is determined to be at the heart of supporting dealers through this dynamic period.

“For us, this means a root and branch review and reinvention of our model, creating fresh, innovative new ways to help our retailer customers to develop their approach in an assured, compliant and customer-centric manner.

“An example of such innovation is DealTrak’s platform enhancements, demanded by retailers, designed to boost digital compliance functionality and provide ‘single click F&I’ capabilities. Tara is superbly qualified to help us understand and bridge the needs of all our retailer clients; it is great to welcome her back,” he added.