Scot Seagrave joins AFS Acceptance as Executive Vice President
AFS Acceptance (www.AFSAcceptance.com), a full-service auto finance company serving the subprime financing needs of franchise and independent car dealers, has hired Scot Seagrave as Executive Vice President. 
In his new post on the AFS executive management team, Seagrave will lead all aspects of loan originations including sales, marketing, credit, funding and dealer relations.
“We are excited to welcome Scot to AFS to fill this important role on our executive team,” said Dov Szapiro, President & CEO of AFS Acceptance. “Scot brings a deep understanding of dealer relations and several years of invaluable industry experience, which we will leverage toward our expansion goals.”
Seagrave added: “I’ve known Dov and Uri Szapiro for the past two years, and I love their passion for the business and vision for what they want to accomplish. I am very excited to be a part of the AFS team, contributing in any way that I can, and I look forward to being a part of that for many years to come.”
Prior to joining AFS, Seagrave spent five years as SVP of Loan Originations at Prestige Financial in Salt Lake City, UT, where he was responsible for credit, funding, sales and marketing. He also served as COO for Courtesy Auto Credit, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Larry Miller Group of Companies; and was SVP at Driversselect, overseeing sales and finance operations at the Texas-based subprime dealer group. Before working in the automotive industry, Seagrave was an equities trader on Wall Street. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State.
Seagrave sits on the board of National Auto Finance (NAF). He may be reached at scot.seagrave@afsacceptance.com.
