Chinese American new GM China chief
Print Edition
American carmaking giant General Motors will have its first China head of Chinese origin on board next year following the retirement of current China President Bob Socia.
Matthew Tsien, 53, vice president of planning and program management for GM China, will succeed 59-year-old Socia on January 1.
“We appreciate Bob’s 38 years of dedicated service and his significant contributions to GM in all of our regions,” Dan Akerson, chairman and CEO of GM, said in a statement.
“When Bob was appointed president of our largest market, our plan was for him to help prepare his successor.
“Matt is now ready to step into the role, and we wish Bob the best in his retirement.”
Tsien is a Chinese American who has worked for GM for 37 years.
He began his career at Delco Electronics in 1976, later receiving a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in 1981, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1982 and a master’s degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993.
He has served as executive vice president of SAIC-GM-Wuling and helped negotiate GM’s early joint ventures with SAIC, which included Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center.
GM and its joint ventures are on track to deliver more than 3 million vehicles this year and are investing about US$11 billion in vehicles, facilities and people over the next three years.
Earlier this month, GM announced that it will move its international operations headquarters from Shanghai to Singapore in the second quarter of next year.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
