You must not like Stephen Girsky. The few weeks ago, 50 years old become GM managers can be compared with palpable when he is annoyed. For Americans who are generally very courteous, Girsky is brutally direct. Once he asked Opel in public, but to cut a slice in the successful rivals VW. "I admire their profit margins," he said, to the amazement of his audience.
Perhaps it is his directness that Girsky brought from Detroit to Rüsselsheim. German appreciate finally clear announcements. At Opel, he will now lead as acting head of the business. Thus, the U.S. headquarters ruled quite directly from the manufacturer with the flash: As head of strategy at General Motors Girsky is regarded as the second man in the house after CEO Daniel Akerson. And as a prime candidate for his succession.
It Girsky was formerly one of the harshest critics of the auto giants. As an analyst at investment bank Morgan Stanley held Girsky before the company bosses their mistakes and made many a hard question. Finally committed the then-GM boss Rick Wagoner Girsky 2005 as his advisor. But the connection was less than a year. Total Girsky has 25 years in the auto industry go, changed sides several times and even hired himself to a financial investor. The bankruptcy of General Motors mid-2009 set the stage once again: the influential United Auto Workers union took him to the Board of the rescued with state money carmaker.
Girsky said at that time by standing in the room against the sale of Opel - one of the few in the Detroit office. And Girskys camp prevailed. Later he was chairman of the board of Opel, and thus the face of the parent company in Rüsselsheim. "It's important for us to have a presence in Europe," Girsky had said to his taking office last year. "The company belongs to us, we finance it and we will get back on track." Now to be seen whether his word is still true today.
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