June 12, 2008
BMW rules out Volvo bid
GM’s Torchbearer - CEO, Rick Wagoner
The Beginnings
Homecoming To North America
GM Canada
GM Europe beckoned him next, where he served as the vice president in charge of finance for General Motors Europe, Zurich, Switzerland, from 1989 till 1990. However, it seems that General Motors do Brasil’s (GMB) affinity attracted him again where he worked as the president and managing director of General Motors do Brasil from 1991 till 1992.
GM Europe
The position of being the vice president and finance manager at GM Canada Limited was his next stop in 1987. Only a year had passed after his stay in Canada and in October 1988, he became group director, strategic business planning, for the erstwhile Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada Group.
He spent the tenure from 1992 through 1994 as the executive vice president and chief financial officer with an added responsibility to manage GM’s worldwide purchasing from 1993 onwards during the same period.
