General Motors plans to strengthen its Opel brand in Russia, reports The Detroit News.
The automaker is moving oversight of its Russia business to GM Europe, effective Jan. 1. The Russian market management now falls to GM International Operations based in Shanghai, China.
Andy Dunstan, GM’s executive director of sales for Central and Eastern Europe and International Operations, will begin to manage Russia business effective Nov. 1. He will report to Karl-Thomas Neumann, chairman of Opel/Vauxhall and president of GM Europe.
Dunstan replaces Jim Bovenzi, who will relocate to Detroit and serve as executive director of global localization strategy.
GM also sells the Chevrolet and Cadillac brands in Russia. Last year, the company sold 288,000 vehicles in Russia.
Source: The Detroit News
