Barry Engle joins General Motors as Executive Vice-President and President, South America

Jaime Ardila, General Motors (GM) Executive Vice-President and President of South America, announced that he will retire after nearly three decades at the company. Barry Engle, a seasoned automotive executive and currently Chief Executive Officer of

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New Board of Directors appointed at Scania

Andreas Renschler has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Board of Scania AB. Other new names in the Board of Directors are Per Hallberg, Annika Falkengren and Markus S. Piech. At the statutory meeting of the Board of Directors Per Hallberg was appointed

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Toyota appoints top British talent to senior roles in Europe and UK operations

Toyota Motor Europe announced the appointment of Matt Harrison to the role of Vice-President, Toyota Sales and Marketing, Toyota Motor Europe, effective from July 1, 2015. In this new role, Harrison will report directly to Karl Schlicht, Executive VP, Toyota Motor Europe.

Harrison

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Visteon appoints Sachin Lawande as President and Chief Executive Officer

Visteon Corporation announced that Sachin Lawande has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Visteon, effective June 29, 2015, succeeding Timothy D. Leuliette. Lawande will also join Visteon's Board of Directors.

Lawande is an accomplished automotive

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Britta Seeger is the new CEO of Mercedes-Benz in Turkey

After 18 highly successful years at Daimler AG, Rainer Genes (53), currently President & CEO Mercedes-Benz Türk, has decided to embark on a new career in the consumer goods industry. Effective August 1, 2015, he will be succeeded as CEO Mercedes-Benz

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Hyung Cheong Kim appointed as President and CEO at Hyundai Motor Europe

Hyung Cheong Kim has been appointed as President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe, responsible for the company's business vision, leading the management team at the European headquarters, and overseeing performance in the 30 countries in the region's

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Per Hallberg to be appointed acting President and CEO, Scania

Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO has decided to leave Scania.

"We respect Martin Lundstedt's decision to leave the company and wish to thank him for his successful efforts to further develop and strengthen Scania's strong market position during his years as

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Kumho Europe's former Marketing Director returns as President

Charles Kim has been appointed as President, Kumho Tire Europe. Kim, who served as the company's European Director of Marketing from mid-2011 to the end of 2012, took up his new post on March 2, 2015.

Renowned as a tough-talking but highly respected

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Toyota announces executive changes in North America, diversifies Global Leadership Team with new appointments

Toyota announced executive changes across its North American operations, effective as of April 1, 2015.

The appointments reflect Toyota's ongoing efforts to diversify its global leadership team and leverage talent from its biggest, most experienced market as it continues

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GKN appoints Peter Moelgg as President of Engineering

Peter Moelgg has been appointed to the position of President of Engineering GKN Automotive, covering the GKN Driveline and GKN Powder Metallurgy divisions.

Peter will Head engineering across the two divisions, leveraging synergies to identify and bring to

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