Walter Wieland will retire next May as president and managing director of GM do Brasil and will be replaced by Ray Young, a GM North America vice president and chief financial officer who joins from January 1, the company said.
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Wieland will assist Young with the transition and continue reporting on special assignment to Maureen Kempston Darkes, GM group vice president and president of GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East. Mary Boland, executive director of finance and controller for GM North America, will replace Young on December 1.
Wieland, 60, has been in his post in Sao Paulo since July 2000 and also oversees GM’s operations in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, as well as serving on the GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East Strategy Board.
Young, 41, currently oversees the GM North America finance staff in Detroit and sits on the GMNA Strategy Board.
