Changes In General Motors’ Top Ranks
General Motors Corp’s global head of sales, John Middlebrook is slated to retire on July 1st . The man taking over the reigns from him is Jonathan Browning, who is currently the head of Sales in Europe. He will take over effective from 1st June.
John Middlebrook has worked for GM for nearly a half century; and as head of sales had worked at co-coordinating GM’s global sales and market strategies, working directly under GM’s main man, CEO Rick Wagoner. Rick Wagoner appreciated John Middlebrook’s “tremendous contributions to GM”, over the span of his 49 year long tenure which, he said, made Middlebrook “respected and admired throughout the industry as a true sales and marketing professional”.
Jonathan Browning, Europe’s head of sales and marketing since 2001, was credited by Rick Wagoner to have been mainly responsible for making GM the fastest growing manufacturer in Europe.
The opening made in the Europe Head of Sales position, left vacant now due to the promotion of Jonathan Browning, will be filled by Brent Dewar, who currently heads field sales, service and parts operation for GM in North America. Brent Dewar, who has been with GM for close to 30 years, has worked with GM in various capacities, including global marketing responsibility for Chevrolet and head of sales and marketing for GM in Brazil. Dewar will now report to GM’s Europe President Carl-Peter Forster.
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