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Another Term on the Daimler Board for Dr. Manfred Bischoff

Another Term on the Daimler Board for Dr. Manfred Bischoff

The Supervisory Board is also to propose a further term of office for Petraea Heynike In its meeting on October 1, 2015, the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG decided to propose to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Daimler AG that Dr. Manfred Bischoff be reelected to the Supervisory Board for a further period of o ... Continue reading

Dr. Winfried Vahland Appoint as President and CEO, Volkswagen North American Region

Dr. Winfried Vahland Appoint as President and CEO, Volkswagen North American Region

As part of decentralization of its company activities, Volkswagen Group is strengthening the North American region and is combining its activities in the USA, Mexico and Canada into the newly formed North American Region (NAR). The Supervisory Board has appointed Prof. Dr. Winfried Vahland to take over all responsibili ... Continue reading

Porsche Supervisory Board appoints Dr. Oliver Blume as Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG

Porsche Supervisory Board appoints Dr. Oliver Blume as Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG

Detlev von Platen named Executive Board member for Sales and Marketing The Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG appointed Dr. Oliver Blume as new Chairman of the Porsche AG Executive Board in its meeting today in Stuttgart, Germany. ... Continue reading

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Names Cooper Standard as Veteran-Friendly Employer

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Names Cooper Standard as Veteran-Friendly Employer

Celebrating its support of military veterans, Cooper Standard today announced the Company was recently named a Veteran-Friendly Employer by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA). Cooper Standard earned the Veteran-Friendly Employer silver status for meeting and exceeding many key metrics for veteran programs, esp ... Continue reading

Matthias Muller Appointed the New CEO of the Volkswagen Group

Matthias Muller Appointed the New CEO of the Volkswagen Group

Müller remains Chairman of Porsche AG until a successor has been found Matthias Müller (62) has been appointed CEO of Volkswagen AG with immediate effect. This was decided by the Supervisory Board at its meeting in Wolfsburg today (Friday). Müller is currently Chairman of Porsche AG in Stuttgart. He will continue in ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Board Passes Resolutions for New Organization

Volkswagen Board Passes Resolutions for New Organization

The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG approved a new management structure for the Group and the brands as well as for the North America region today (Friday) in Wolfsburg. The interim Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Berthold Huber, commented: "The new structure strengthens the brands and regions, gives the Gro ... Continue reading

Leadership Transition At Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America

Leadership Transition At Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced that President (North America), Eric Shepherd, has decided to move to a new entrepreneurial role in the super-luxury automotive retail sector within the Rolls-Royce family. Chief Executive, Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes said: "Eric's move is a big loss to our successful business at Rolls- ... Continue reading

New Products, Previous Player - Scion Introduces New Vice President

New Products, Previous Player - Scion Introduces New Vice President

Andrew Gilleland Returns to Youth Brand TORRANCE, CA -- Sept. 24, 2015: In the early days of Scion, when xAs and xBs were flying out of dealers’ showrooms, Andrew Gilleland was the National Field Operations Manager for the youth brand. He was responsible for working with dealers to ensure they embraced the new pro ... Continue reading

Rory Harvey Appointed Chairman and M.D. of Vauxhall Motors

Rory Harvey Appointed Chairman and M.D. of Vauxhall Motors

LUTON -- Spet. 23, 2015: Rory Harvey (47) has been appointed to the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Vauxhall Motors and CEO Opel Ireland. He succeeds Tim Tozer who has decided to leave the company and pursue his career outside of General Motors. Rory Harvey has wide experience within GM’s European op ... Continue reading

New Chief University Training Center Provides Hands-On Learning Opportunities

New Chief University Training Center Provides Hands-On Learning Opportunities

Fourth quarter class schedule announced Chief University, the training arm of Chief Automotive Technologies, has opened a new training center in Irvine, California. The training center is housed in Chief's Irvine specification and research facility, and will host sessions developed for collision repair technicians and ... Continue reading

National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving Announces Four New Board Members

National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving Announces Four New Board Members

National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving announced today the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the board are Karrie Carlson, Cheril Hendry, Dana Rodriguez and Allen Susser. "Our new Board members bring an array of talent and expertise to the table," said Roy Bavaro, Executive Director. ... Continue reading

500 Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Volunteers Support 11 Metro Detroit Nonprofits during Third-Annual Week of Caring

500 Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Volunteers Support 11 Metro Detroit Nonprofits during Third-Annual Week of Caring

Local communities to receive more than 3,000 hours of service during the week of September 21 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Sept. 21, 2015 -- More than 500 volunteers will mobilize across Metropolitan Detroit to support 11 nonprofit organizations during Mercedes-Benz Financial Services' third-annual Week of Caring. Week of ... Continue reading

Drive the Change Week: car2go Celebrates First Annual Volunteer Week

Drive the Change Week: car2go Celebrates First Annual Volunteer Week

Company-Wide Volunteer Week to Begin Today Across the U.S. and Canada AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2015 -- car2go N.A., the market leader of one-way carsharing in North America, is pleased to announce that its first annual Drive the Change Week will begin today, Monday, September 21st, 2015. During Drive the Change Week, n ... Continue reading

Toyota Wins Corporation of the Year at USHCC National Convention in Houston

Toyota Wins Corporation of the Year at USHCC National Convention in Houston

World’s largest automaker is lauded for its diversity and inclusion initiatives and support of Hispanic enterprises Houston, Sept. 21, 2015 -- Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) was selected “Corporation of the Year” by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC), it was announced today at the chamberâ ... Continue reading

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