Friday, March 28, 2008

GM's Turnaround Pro

From the NY Times
By BILL VLASIC
Published: March 28, 2008

If General Motors were to design a president and chief operating officer from scratch, the new model would probably look a lot like Frederick A. Henderson. Born in Detroit and the son of a sales manager in G.M.’s Buick division, Mr. Henderson rose through the automaker’s finance ranks and parts division to head its operations in Latin America, then Asia and Europe.
When G.M. appeared headed for bankruptcy in early 2006, he was tapped as chief financial officer, and played a major role in shaping G.M.’s North American turnaround plan and negotiating a contract with the Unite Auto Workers. To read further click here.

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