CARG - CarGurus Appoints Elisa Palazzo as Chief Financial Officer | Benzinga
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG), the No. 1 visited digital auto platform for shopping, buying, and selling new and used vehicles1, today announced the appointment of Elisa Palazzo as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective December 4, 2023. Reporting to CarGurus Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jason Trevisan, Palazzo will lead financial operations and strategy to support the company's goal to build a powerful transaction-enabled destination that supports the full lifecycle of a vehicle transaction.
"Elisa's breadth of experience leading financial operations and investment strategy within the tech sector will be invaluable to our team as we continue to evolve our platform with the aim of driving greater value for our dealer partners, consumers, and stockholders," said Jason Trevisan, CEO of CarGurus. "Her extensive financial expertise and strategic vision will be valuable assets in our current stage and as we further expand our transaction and digital retail capabilities. I look forward to welcoming her to the CarGurus executive team as we continue to innovate and grow our business."
Palazzo joins CarGurus with nearly 20 years of operating, investing, and transaction experience, with a focus on marketplaces that reach both consumer and business-to-business users. She currently serves as Deputy CFO and Senior Vice President of Finance at Talkspace, a two-sided marketplace providing online behavioral health services, where she leads financial planning & analysis, accounting, and investor relations. She assumed the role of Deputy CFO in April 2023, initially coming on board as Senior Vice President of Finance in 2021 as part of Hudson Executive Capital's involvement in Talkspace. Prior to becoming Deputy CFO at Talkspace, she was a Managing Director at Hudson Executive Capital, overseeing investments in consumer, online, and digital media companies.
Earlier in her career she held senior technology investment roles at several asset management institutions, and served as an investment banker at Credit Suisse. Palazzo holds ...