Auto Insights Newsletter | June 2023
Lightstone Star Reacher
F&I Awards
Annual winners dazzle and registration closing soon
Lightstone Auto launched the Star Reacher F&I Awards two years ago with the aim of recognising and rewarding F&I managers in the auto industry. It is available exclusively to Lightstone users and clients through our signature Lightstone Signio platform.
The programme measures F&I managers’ performance across five key focus areas that encourage industry excellence, continuous learning and digital adoption. Every quarter winners in each category are awarded for their achievements and this culminates in an annual award ceremony where performance over a 12-month period is recognised.
Pieter Wessels, Managing Director at Lightstone Auto, says “This annual programme has become a highlight for South African motor dealers and their F&I managers. At Lightstone Auto we value and recognise the critical role of F&I Managers in ensuring dealer profitability and this programme creates an opportunity to celebrate and reward top performers.”
Recently overall winners of the 2022/2023 programme were announced at an exclusive prize-giving ceremony that took place at Ivory Manor Boutique Hotel in Pretoria on Saturday, 13 May 2023:
The winners will be jetting off on a 7-night international trip with their partners and each of the runners-up received substantial shopping vouchers.
Front row, from left to right: Ruane Pretorius (winner, Amethyst category), Hazel Mkhabela (runner-up, Amethyst category), Dinky Labuschagne (runner-up, Topaz category), Rachael de Koker (runner-up, Emerald category) and Ria Hattingh
(runner-up, Sapphire category).
Back row, from left to right: Timothy Chowles (winner, Sapphire category),
Candice de Jongh (runner-up, Ruby category), Rob Downes who accepted the award on
behalf of Jenelle Chetty (winner, Topaz category),
Hermione Voges (winner, Emerald category) and Charles Laine (winner, Ruby category).
From left to right: Alban Atkinson (CEO, Coaxle), Timothy Chowles and Pieter Wessels (Managing Director, Lightstone Auto).
Timothy Chowles from Westvaal Mashishing also received a certificate of outstanding achievement, as he has been a winner in the Sapphire category since the inception of the programme in 2021 – winning both quarterly and annual prizes.
Lightstone Auto congratulates all the winners and runners-up in the programme. With approximately 600 F&I managers competing in the programme from across South Africa, the winners and runners-up achieved outstanding results.
Do you want to join our dazzling F&I gems?
If you haven’t yet registered for the 2023/2024 Lightstone Star Reacher F&I Awards programme – hurry, the clock is ticking! Friday, 30 June 2023 is the cut-off date for registration.
To be part of the programme, get your dealer principal’s approval to participate and go to My Profile on Signio to register.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with your Lightstone Auto consultant.
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