DETROIT, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick
Wagoner announced today that Grace Lieblein, currently global vehicle chief
engineer for front wheel drive trucks, has been appointed president and
managing director of GM de Mexico (GMM) effective immediately. She succeeds
Kevin Williams, who was recently appointed GM North America (GMNA) vice
president and general manager of GM Service & Parts Operations. Lieblein will
also become a member of the GMNA Strategy Board and will report to Troy
Clarke, group vice president and president of GMNA. Lieblein is the 18th GMM
president and managing director in GM's 73-year history in Mexico, and the
first woman to serve in this role.
"We are very pleased to have an extraordinary leader like Grace taking on
this key assignment," Wagoner said. "With her extensive engineering and
product development background, combined with strong business acumen, Grace is
the ideal person to help GM maintain and enhance its leadership position in
Mexico."
Lieblein, 48, joined GM in 1978 as a co-op student at the GM Assembly
Division in her hometown of Los Angeles, CA. She earned a master's degree in
management from Michigan State University in 1987, and a bachelor's degree in
industrial engineering from Kettering University in 1983. In her most recent
assignment, Lieblein led the development of award-winning crossover vehicles
like the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook and Chevrolet Traverse.
Prior to that she served as an implementation leader for GM's global
manufacturing system, and as director of engineering design for GMNA's car
group, among other positions.
As the company's highest-ranked Latina executive and its first Latina
vehicle chief engineer, Lieblein has won several awards over her 30-year
career, including the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
Corporate Achievement Award; the Hispanic Engineering National Achievement
Awards Conference (HENNAC) Professional Achievement Award; Automotive News'
Top 100 Women in the Auto Industry; and Hispanic Business' top 50
Businesswomen in the United States.
About General Motors:
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world's largest automaker, has been
the annual global industry sales leader for 77 years. Founded in 1908, GM
today employs about 252,000 people around the world. With global headquarters
in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 34 countries. In 2007,
nearly 9.37 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following
brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel,
Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the
industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More
information on GM can be found at www.gm.com.
SOURCE General Motors Corporation