Steve Johnson joins market leading online car financing business Zuto as Chief Operating Officer. He joins from Virgin Money where he was Digital Director responsible for teams across five locations in the UK. Prior to Virgin he was Group Head of Digital at The Co-Operative Group and has also held senior digital roles at BG / Centrica, Alliance Boots and Dixons. He will wok closely with Founder CEO James Wilkinson at Zuto as they look continue their rapid expansion.
Zuto, with its headquarters in Manchester and main operations centre in Macclesfield, is the leading on-line car financing business in the UK, with over 300 employees across the two offices. Their mission is to completely transform the car financing experience for customers, changing the industry as a result. Zuto was founded in 2006 and is building on strong foundations to bring about industry transformation by applying internet economy business methodologies to completely re-define the customer experience and reset expectations, with the ultimate goal of reducing the process, which currently can take days, to one hour or less.
Once perfected in the UK they believe that the business model can be replicated internationally and that Zuto can become a global enterprise. Zuto is backed by SEP, the London and Edinburgh based venture capital fund.
For more information visit www.zuto.com
