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G.M. Names Mary Barra to Oversee Product Development
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Mary Barra, 49, is appointed as the new leader of global product development at GM. Her background is in engineering, manufacturing and human resources. Barra is an electrical engineer who has been with GM for 30 years, was a vice president for global manufacturing and engineering, and manager of a Detroit assembly plant.
Mary T. Barra, succeeding Dan Akerson as CEO of U.S. auto company GM (General Motors) in 2014
01/20/2011
The president's position goes to CFO Ammann, 41, Mark Reuss assumes Barra's position as head of Global Product Development. Former Cummins CEO and chairman Mr. Solso will take up the chairman position at GM. Barra joined GM as a co-op student and was plant manager and head of human resources before heading product development. Akerson carefully prepared the transition saying it was like seeing a daughter graduate from college.
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