GM CEO Mary Barra Named Most Powerful Woman in Business
7 Feb 2014, 15:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors CEO Mary Barra was ranked as the most powerful woman in business in Fortune’s new list of “50 Most Powerful Women in Business: Global Edition”. GM’s new bos...
Brian Sweeney Named US Vice President of Chevrolet Sales
5 Feb 2014, 09:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors has announced that Brian Sweeney, currently US vice president of Buick-GMC Sales and Service, has been named US vice president of Chevrolet. Sweeney will take over from Don Johnson ef...
Fiat Names New Head of Jeep, Chrysler Brands in the UK
4 Feb 2014, 09:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Fiat Group Automobiles UK has announced multiple changes to its marketing structure, including the appointment of Damien Dally as the new head of the Jeep and Chrysler brands. Moved from leading ...
Tim Lee Retiring as GM Manufacturing Chief
30 Jan 2014, 10:37 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors executive vice president of global manufacturing and GM China chairman Tim Lee will retire later this year, after 45 years with the Detroit-based automaker. The 62-year-old will be...
Exec Behind 2014 Jeep Cherokee Drivetrain Leaves Chrysler
22 Jan 2014, 10:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Mircea Gradu, the man behind the development and launch of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee’s innovative all-wheel drive system, has left the Chrysler Group “to pursue other interests”, the ...
Paul Edwards Appointed US Vice President of Chevrolet Marketing
8 Jan 2014, 10:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Paul Edwards is the new US vice president of Chevrolet Marketing, the Detroit-based automaker announced earlier this week. The 44-year-old executive succeeds Chris Perry, who resigned last month. ...
Former Cadillac Exec Don Butler Joins Ford
7 Jan 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Don Butler, Cadillac’s former vice president of global strategic development, has been appointed as Ford’s new executive director of connected vehicles and services, the Blue Oval automa...
Former Chevrolet Vice President Brent Dewar Appointed As NASCAR COO
12 Dec 2013, 10:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / NASCAR has appointed former Chevrolet executive Brent Dewar as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), the association announced earlier this week. Brought in to strengthen NASCAR’s executiv...
Visteon Begins Battle with Shareholders
30 Apr 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier this week Aurelius Capital Master and two related investors made a request to the Wilmington bankruptcy court, asking it to reject the proposed reorganization plan submitted by Visteon...
Pay Czar Trims 2010 Execs' Salaries
24 Mar 2010, 11:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kenneth R. Feinberg, the Obama administration's special master for compensation, decided yesterday to limit salaries for 119 executives from 5 of the firms bailed out by the federal government ...
Auto Execs Pay Decisions to Come Next Week
21 Mar 2010, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the release of the 2010 compensation decisions made by US pay czar Kenneth Feinberg set for next week, all executive eyes from the five companies currently under pay restrictions (GM, Chrysler...
Another Ferrari Exec Moves to Lotus
27 Jan 2010, 15:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the appointment of Donato Coco as the new Director of Design for Lotus, the British manufacturer announced it managed to snatch yet another executive from the Prancing Horse, namely its no...
Chrysler Appoints Two New Execs
25 Nov 2009, 10:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American carmaker Chrysler announced today the appointment of two new people, to take care of the company's information technology and its money. The two are Scott Sandschafer, who is now Chrys...
GM Asks US to Ease Up Exec Pay Limits
11 Nov 2009, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Seeing their revenues severely reduced (by their standards, of course) by the Obama's administration decision to trim the income of executives whose companies received government bailout, Ameri...
GM Warns Exec Shake-Ups to Follow
17 Jun 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas in Chrysler's case the bankruptcy process was mostly designed on the reorganization of production and dealership network, in GM's case it is more of a battle for survival for the c...