JM Family Appoints Eric Gebhard to Treasurer
Diversified automotive company JM Family Enterprises Inc. promoted Eric Gebhard as the company’s treasurer effective immediately. He will provide strategic direction for JM Family’s Corporate Treasury group.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Diversified automotive company JM Family Enterprises Inc. promoted Eric Gebhard as the company’s treasurer effective immediately. He will provide strategic direction for JM Family’s Corporate Treasury group.
More specifically, he will oversee securing financing and managing interest rate risk for the enterprise, leading the corporate capital allocation and cash management strategies, and managing and developing external banking, investment and rating agency relationships.
Gebhard joined JM Family in February 1997 as manager, treasury. He was promoted to director, assistant treasurer in 2000 and held that position for three years before moving into a business development role where he was promoted to assistant vice president (AVP). In 2006, Gebhard joined subsidiary World Omni Financial Corp. and provided his leadership and financial expertise as AVP of product and business development and as AVP of portfolio finance.
Prior to joining JM Family, Gebhard was employed as AVP of credit products management for Bank of America. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Virginia Tech and his master of business administration degree in financial management from the University of Chicago.
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