ADESA announced Tuesday the hiring of a former BMW Group Financial Services leader to fill the position of executive sales director.

In a move that was effective immediately, Matthew Abshire has been named as executive sales director and will report directly to Jason Ferreri, ADESA senior vice president of commercial sales.

Abshire comes to ADESA with more than 15 years of sales and remarketing experience in the auto ndustry. He was most recently employed with BMW Group Financial Services as the national auction and pre-owned manager.

Prior to that, Abshire was that company’s senior international remarketing manager, serving as a consultant to several countries throughout Western and Southern Europe as well as the United Kingdom.

He joined BMW Group Financial Services in 1996 and held several key management roles within the company.

In his new role, Abshire will manage several of ADESA’s major national sales accounts, both at ADESA’s physical auction locations as well as within the online remarketing space.

“I’m excited to have such a well-respected sales and remarketing executive join our team,” said Ferreri. “Matt’s leadership experience and industry knowledge will benefit both our customers and our organization.”

Abshire added: “As a former customer of ADESA, I truly enjoyed working with such a professional talented group of individuals. Now joining the ADESA team, I’m excited to deliver that same level of service to ADESA’s customers.”