Manheim Announces Senior Management Promotions

by Staff

May 30, 2003

2 min to read

Manheim Auctions announced May 30 that Mike Langhorne has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer and Richard Deckard has been named senior vice president of technology and chief information officer for Manheim Auctions. Both continue to report to Dean Eisner, president and chief executive officer.

Langhorne is responsible for all financial and related functions within Manheim including accounting, treasury, Manheim Automotive Financial Services, Remarketing Solutions and daily operations in Australia and New Zealand.

Langhorne joined Manheim as a senior accountant in 1984, and was promoted to controller in 1991 and vice president of financial services in 1996. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Georgia State University. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Georgia Society of CPAs.

Deckard is responsible for strategic technology initiatives for Manheim. Having joined Manheim in 1974, Deckard has served as an accountant, assistant controller and vice president. He has been responsible for development of the auction systems, network and programming for Manheim since 1976.

Deckard is a graduate of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant.

About Manheim Auctions

Manheim Auctions offers services that impact every stage of a used vehicle’s life cycle. These include transaction, reconditioning and certification services, managed remarketing, end-of-lease-term management services, vehicle transportation, dealer floor planning, retail inspection and government auction services. The company also assists auto manufacturers, fleet and lease companies, banks and other financial institutions in selling their used vehicle inventories.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim Auctions has more than 32,000 employees at its 124 auctions and related businesses. Manheim is a global remarketing organization with 85 auctions in North America and additional operations in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Australia and New Zealand.

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