National Auto Care Announces Key Hire in M&A Role
The Director of Corporate Development is a new role for NAC, an award-winning F&I provider that announced four agency acquisitions in 2020, with more slated for 2021.

The Director of Corporate Development is a new role for NAC, an award-winning F&I provider that announced four agency acquisitions in 2020, with more slated for 2021.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. National Auto Care announces the addition of key leader Walter Hoffman, who joins the company as Director of Corporate Development.
In this role, Hoffman will report to NAC’s Sr. Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions Courtney Hoffman (no relation) on strategic acquisitions, assisting with and leading M&A functions such as sourcing deals, legal negotiation, financial modeling, M&A strategy and reporting.
Hoffman comes to NAC with extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions after more than a decade in various roles with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, beginning his career in Global Equities and most recently serving as a Vice President within the Mergers & Acquisitions team in New York, NY. He holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from The University of Virginia.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to partner with Lovell Minnick Partners and to work alongside Tony Wanderon and Courtney Hoffman to continue to enhance our market presence through strategic acquisitions,” says Hoffman. “The addition of this role will help to increase our capacity to execute on our strong pipeline.”
The Director of Corporate Development is a new role for NAC, an award-winning F&I provider that announced four agency acquisitions in 2020, with more slated for 2021.
“Our company is committed to growing through our indirect agency channel as well as M&A. We are grateful for the relationships we have built with both our acquired agencies and indirect agency channel thus far and look forward to welcoming more businesses into the NAC Family. Walter is an integral part of our strategic plan, and I’m thrilled to have him on board,” says Courtney Hoffman.
For more information on NAC’s M&A activity, please visit nationalautocare.com/mergers-and-acquisitions.
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