About Trey: Trey Knapp currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for the Sewell Automotive Companies, one of the largest and most iconic automotive retailers in the country. Prior to joining Sewell in 2009; Trey worked in public accounting for Forvis Mazars LLP (formerly Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP (DHG)) for ten years, focusing on automotive dealership audit, taxation, and consulting. At Sewell, Trey oversees the consolidated accounting, internal audit, and corporate FP&A functions. Within these functions are the various transactional accounting processes, financial statement preparation, insurance procurement and claims processing, state and federal income taxes, financial statement audits, budgeting and forecasting, business acquisitions, family office matters, and consolidated treasury functions. In addition to overseeing over 150 accounting associates, a significant portion of Trey's time is invested in bridging dealership operations with financial reporting in a way that builds a trusting partnership between these two critically important teams. In 2019, Trey temporarily put aside his accounting responsibilities, and served a four-month rotation as Pre-owned Sales Manager at Sewell Lexus Dallas, to better hone front-line operations appreciation and understanding. Trey is passionate about learning, reading, operational excellence, and most of all, automobiles. Trey is an active member of the Dallas chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI), Vice President of the Texas Association of Blind Athletes, Board Member at Large of the Carroll Education Foundation, Parliamentarian for the Carrol Band Boosters, volunteers for The Community Storehouse, and serves on the Executive Board of the First United Methodist Church of Colleyville. In 2022, Trey was highlighted by both the FEI Dallas Member Spotlight and the DHG Alumni Spotlight. In 2021, the Dallas Business Journal recognized Trey as CFO of the Year. Trey graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2002 with both a Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting and Masters of Science in Accounting. Trey, his wife Amy, their son Elijah, and German exchange student Florian, live in Southlake, Texas. Trey loves cooking, especially grilling and baking. His family enjoys taking road trips to small Texas towns to find hidden-gem, family-owned restaurants.