Online Automotive Retailer Vroom Announces Two New Additions to Board of Directors
Paula B. Pretlow and Frederick O. Terrell Bring Decades of Finance and Business Experience to the Board
NEW YORK, April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Vroom (
www.vroom.com), a leading ecommerce platform for buying and selling used vehicles, today announced that it has added two new members to its Board of Directors, Paula B. Pretlow and Frederick O. Terrell. The new members bring decades of finance and business experience to the board.
Paula Pretlow built her career helping company leaders maximize shareholder and stakeholder value personally delivering hundreds of millions in revenue and building relationships with many of the world’s largest institutional investors. She is a former Senior Vice President of The Capital Group, a $2.4 trillion privately held investment management firm, where she led the public fund business development and client relationship group and was responsible for large clie
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