Question

Provide a full paragraph biography on each top/key executive for General Motors (Do not include the CEO) Include pictures if possible. The company website is a good source. Based on the photos and backgrounds, how diverse do you feel the make up of the top executives is? Consider the female/male makeup, the ethnic make up and the different races of board members.

Answer 1

Julian Blissett

GM Executive Vice President, President of GM China

He is handling operations in China since April 2020. He joined GM in 1996 as Engineering Manager, Open Polska. He is a native of UK. Prior joining to GM, he has worked in Nissan Motors. He holds a bachelors degree in Business Studies from Sheffield Hallam University in UK

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach

Kimberly (Kim) J. Brycz

Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, General Motors

She is leading HR teams and support strategic planning at all levels. She is a native of Datriot. She begun her careen with GM in 1983 in Cadillac Motor Car Division. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach

Stephen (Steve) K. Carlisle

Senior Vice President and President, Cadillac

He is born and brought up in Woodstock Ontario. He began his career in GM in 1982 as Industrial Engineering Trainee at the Oshawa Truck Assembly Plant. He holds a bachelor degree in Applied science in System Design Engineering from University of Waterloo and is MBA from Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a sport enthusiast and his favorite sport is Hockey.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach, Kind Hearted

Tony Cervone

Senior Vice President, Global Communications, General Motors Company

He is responsible for company’s overall communication globally. He is part of senior leadership.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach

Ann Cathcart Chaplin

Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of General Motors

She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Minnesota and Doctoral degree from Harvard Law School. She joined GM in year 2015 s Deputy General Counsel of Litigation.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach

Margaret Curry

Vice President, Tax and Customs, Chief Tax Officer General Motors

She has over 30 years of experience in Tax related field. She has joined GM in March 2017. She is involved in Strategy and operations related works in GM’s worldwide core team. She is a native of Datriot. She has received her bachelor’s degree from Michigan University and Law degree from Michigan State University.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach, Kind hearted

Everett Eissenstat

Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, General Motors Company

He is responsible for preparing and leading company policies relating to business, customers and employees. Before joining GM, he has worked as deputy assistant to president for Economic Affairs and Deputy director National Economic Council. He holds a doctoral degree from University of Oklahoma (college of Law) and has bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach

Barry Engle

Executive Vice President and President, GM North America

He joined GM in 2015 and now he is a member of GM’s Leadership Team. He holds Bachelor degree in Arts in Economics with minor in Spanish language. He is also a MBA from Wharton School, Pennsylvania.

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach

Rocky Gupta

Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations, General Motors Company

He joined GM in 1987 as engineering co-op and later migrated to Treasurer’s office. He earned he bachelor of Engineering from GM Institute (Kettering University) in 1992. He also holds Masters in Manufacturing system from the Stanford School of Engineering and MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business

Diversity in Make-up –

Appears Happy, Confident Leader, Up-right in approach