Piers Stobbs has been appointed as chief data officer at online used car sales platform Cazoo, ahead of the company’s launch later this month.
Stobbs joins the business from MoneySuperMarket, where he spent four years as chief data officer, leading the business on data science, data engineering and analytics. Prior to that, Stobbs was head of data science at Dunnhumby, deploying advanced machine learning methods across the business.
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Stobbs boasts more than 20 years’ experience in data and analytics across multiple industries in both the UK and the US, including multi-channel and internet retailing, market research, and five years in the hedge fund sector.
At Cazoo, Stobbs will report directly to founder and chief executive, Alex Chesterman. He will be responsible for all aspects of data including product analytics, business intelligence, data science and AI, data engineering and governance.
Chesterman said: “I am very pleased to welcome Piers Stobbs to the Cazoo team. His experience in building customer centric data teams and using data to drive value will create fundamental advantages in our model in terms of how we apply data across all areas of the business, most notably throughout the stocking process.”
Stobbs added: “I am delighted to be joining the team at Cazoo and to build a data team that is focused on the customer and purchasing behaviours as well as supporting the buying and pricing teams. The opportunity to drive the optimal use of data throughout the business is immense and it will give Cazoo a significant edge over existing players as we scale.”
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By GlobalDataCazoo recently secured £25m in funding, taking the total invested in the firm to over £55m.
The Cazoo platform, scheduled for launch later this month, is designed to make buying a used car online as simple as buying any other product online. Customers will be able to select from thousands of cars online and have their selected vehicle delivered to them in as little as 48 hours.
