Duncan Aldred, the current chairman and managing director of Vauxhall Motors and CEO of Opel Ireland, is to take up a new role within General Motors‘ HQ in Detroit. The company notes further executive moves in the same media statement.

Aldred, 43, will become US vice president of Buick-GMC, responsible for the US market Sales, Service and Marketing of these brands. His successor at Vauxhall Motors and Opel Ireland is yet to be announced.

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GM has also announced the early retirement of Don Johnson, its US market vice president of Chevrolet Sales and Service. Johnson, 56, has had a GM career lasting 33 years in North America, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. His successor is Brian Sweeney, currently US vice president of Buick-GMC Sales and Service. His new role is US vice president of Chevrolet, with responsibiliy for Sales, Service and Marketing in the US. 

All three changes are effective 1 March 2014.

Author: Glenn Brooks

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