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Last year General Motors not only sold more vehicles in China than it did in any other market, it also sold more vehicles in China than any other automaker. The company’s Chinese operations were until now the responsibility of Bob Socia (pictured above at right), but after just a year on the job, Socia is already stepping aside and into retirement.
In his place, the company has announced the promotion of Matt Tsien (above, left) to the presidency of General Motors China. Tsien has until now served as a vice president at GM China, responsible for planning, program management, consolidated international operations and strategic alliances. In his new role, Tsien will also join the GM Executive Operations Committee and report directly to its chairman, Dan Akerson, apparently bypassing Tim Lee, the chairman of GM China whose name (as you can see below) is absent from the announcement.
Tsien takes the reins at a critical time for GM’s operations in China, steering an $11 billion investment and fending off advancements from other foreign automakers like Volkswagen that are keen to muscle in on its territory.Continue reading GM China president Socia retires after year on the job, Tsien ascends
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