Australian-born Ian Beavis is joining Kia Motors America, as vice president of marketing, at its US headquarters in Irvine, California on Tuesday.

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He will oversee KMA’s marketing operations including advertising, product planning and public relations.


Beavis, 52, joins Kia after more than a year as senior vice president of marketing, public relations and product planning for Mitsubishi Motors North America. Prior to that, he held numerous roles including senior vice president of Bozell-Detroit managing DaimlerChrysler’s Asia Pacific account, and executive vice president of Saatchi & Saatchi responsible for all Toyota USA business, including operations in Canada and the US.

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