General Motors (GM) has named Duncan Aldred as the next President of the company’s North America region.
Aldred has been working at GM for 33 years, will transition and leave his current role as VP of GM’s commercial growth strategies and operations department.
Rory Harvey, GM’s executive VP and President of Global Market, said:
“Duncan comes to the role leading our North America business having driven a decade of growth in Buick and GMC, and most recently leading and modernising our commercial operations to better serve our customers. This change supports our strategy to offer our customers around the world unrivaled choice across our ICE and EV portfolio, from brands they love and trust.”
Aldred has held a range of leadership roles at GM in vehicle sales, services and marketing.
In 2010, he was named chairman and managing director of Vauxhall in the UK, before shifting to lead Opel global sales, marketing and aftersales in 2013.
In 2014, he was appointed VP of global GMC and Buick, where he led the growth of both brands.
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