Jonathan Browning has been named chairman of Vauxhall Motors in addition to his role as vice president of sales, marketing and aftersales at General Motors Europe.

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Bill Parfitt becomes managing director of UK-based Vauxhall.


Vauxhall’s previous chairman and managing director, Kevin Wale, was recently appointed president and managing director of the GM China Group.


In a related move, GM Europe’s vice president of product planning, Jamal El-Hout, is adding commercial vehicle operations to his current multi-brand responsibilities for portfolio planning in Europe. Wale previously held these responsibilities, as well.

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