Continental names veteran exec Cramer as China head

Continental names veteran exec Cramer as China head

German supplier Continental has named veteran executive Ralf Cramer to head its operations in China, which it sees as the main driver of its growing business in Asia. The company says it gets around 18 percent of its sales from Asia and wants to increase this proportion to more than 30 percent.... Read More »

Infiniti names veteran powertrain engineer as head product planner

Infiniti has named powertrain specialist Toshihiro Hirai as global head of product planning as it tries to strengthen the marque's identity.... Read More »

Honeywell chooses Hahn to head auto division

Honeywell has named Terrence Hahn president and CEO of its Transportation Systems division, which is a leading maker of turbocharges that counts on Europe for more than half its sales. He starts May 20.... Read More »

Former Chrysler exec Hausch joins Nissan Europe

Chrysler's former Europe chief, Thomas Hausch, will head Nissan's operations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Hausch started the role with the Japanese automaker on May 1. A German national, Hausch, 47, brings more than 20 years of executive-level experience in the automotive industry to the job. He replaces Vincent Wijnen, who becomes Nissan Europe's head of aftersales.... Read More »

Infiniti picks veteran Nissan stylist Albaisa for new global design post

Infiniti has named a global design chief as part of the luxury brand's ongoing effort to distance itself from parent company Nissan's mass-market Nissan marque.... Read More »

Nissan names ex-BMW China exec to head local Infiniti operations

Nissan has named Daniel Kirchert, a former BMW executive in China, to head its luxury brand Infiniti in the country, as it seeks to expand production and dealerships in the world's biggest auto market.... Read More »

PSA names industry veteran as Citroen's deputy CEO

PSA named veteran industry executive manager Yves Bonnefont as Citroen's deputy CEO. Bonnefont will lead the expansion of the upscale DS subbrand as well as the new positioning of Citroen's C-line of vehicles.... Read More »

VW exec Muir will move to top sales post from Seat, report says

VW executive James Muir, who is being replaced as head of the struggling Seat brand, will get a top sales job with VW Group, a report said.... Read More »

Opel names new human resources boss

Opel has named Ulrich Schumacher its new human resources and labor relations boss. The 55-year-old German, who has worked at Ford and Magna International, also will serve as vice president of human resources for General Motors Europe.... Read More »

Ex-Hyundai Europe boss to run VW India

VW has promoted Gerry Dorizas, its veteran head of sales in India and a former chief of Hyundai Europe, to run its overall operations in the country.... Read More »

Spanish exec to head Infiniti personnel

Infiniti has promoted Spanish national Antonio Lasaga to the newly-created position of global head for human resources. Lasaga is a former director of human relations and general affairs for Nissan in Spain.... Read More »

Bosch auto chief Bernd Bohr to step down

Bosch said Bernd Bohr, board member responsible for its auto-supply unit, will leave the supplier. Bohr was once a candidate to become Bosch CEO.... Read More »

Infiniti picks former BMW exec to head Europe

Infiniti has appointed veteran premium brand executive Fintan Knight to lead the brand in Europe. Knight, 41, has 20 years experience working for automakers such as BMW, Audi and Lamborghini.... Read More »

Ford UK Chairman Greenwell retires after 40 years

Ford of Britain Managing Director Mark Ovenden will add the role of chairman to his job title when the division's chairman, Joe Greenwell, retires in April... Read More »

Volvo promotes China manufacturing head Danielson to regional chief

Volvo has promoted China manufacturing boss Lars Danielson to its top job in the key market, where the automaker plans a major sales push this decade.... Read More »

PSA-Changan JV appoints new president

Gilles Boussac is the new president of Changan PSA. For the past four years, Boussac has been an executive vice president at another PSA China joint venture, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobiles.... Read More »

GM hires VW's Mahoney to steer Chevy global marketing

GM named Volkswagen of America executive Tim Mahoney to the newly created post of global chief marketing officer for Chevrolet. Mahoney also will carry the title of global GM marketing operations leader.... Read More »

Ex-Porsche designer aims to give Chery a styling boost

Chery Automobile is counting on ex-Porsche designer Hakan Saracoglu to improve the Chinese carmaker's styling. Saracoglu, who has also worked at Ford of Europe, is leading a team of 30 at Chery's Shanghai-based design center to come up with new concepts for models from sedans to SUVs.... Read More »

Infiniti names ex-Mazda exec to head key European markets

Infiniti has named Christian Blank its director for Germany and three other key European markets as the carmaker gears up for a major sales push in the region led by a new premium compact to rival the Audi A3 and BMW 1 series.... Read More »

Automotive News Publisher Peter Brown sets April 30 retirement

Peter Brown, publisher of Automotive News, has announced his retirement effective April 30. Brown, 64, joined Crain Communications' Automotive News as editor in 1989 after having served 4½ years as the founding editor of affiliate Crain's Detroit Business, which he joined from the Detroit Free Press.... Read More »

Volvo adds ex-GM Europe boss Forster to board

Carl-Peter Forster, the former head of GM Europe and Tata Motors, has joined the board of directors at Volvo Cars. Forster will serve as a non-executive board member at Volvo.... Read More »

ZF to reduce size of board

German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen plans to streamline its leadership this year by reducing its management board to six members from eight and giving the remaining executives wider responsibilities.... Read More »

Mazda Europe names new chief information officer

Mazda Europe has promoted company veteran Alex Janssens to be the unit's first chief information officer.... Read More »

Opel names Neumann as new CEO

Opel named Karl-Thomas Neumann as its new CEO. Neumann, 51, a former head of Volkswagen China and the supplier Continental, will take up the post on March 1.... Read More »

Audi shuffles top sales execs in Europe, China, Germany

Audi sales chief Luca de Meo has reshuffled top executives in the three regions where the brand has its biggest unit sales.... Read More »