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Bosses Who Face Tough Tasks in ’07 AN_070122_12.qxd 18.01.2007 13:02 Uhr Seite 12 PAGE 12 · www.autonewseurope.com January 22, 2007 Guide to Industry Executives Bosses who face tough tasks in ’07 The old saying warns: If you think getting to the top is tough, try front of Europe’s top bosses in 2007. See Pages 13-16 for a staying there. A number of the companies run by the executives we comprehensive listing of the men and women leading the feature below had a profitable 2006. Now the challenge is to do automakers that are doing business in Europe. even better in 2007, while other automakers will be trying to regain For a printer-friendly PDF version of our 2007 Guide to Executives momentum lost last year. We highlight the hurdles that stand in go to http://www.autonews.com/07europeguide Toyota is on track to surpass its targeted Premier Automotive Group Chairman Carl-Peter Forster, 52, has returned Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, 52, will have a BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer, 50, must 1.2 million sales by 2008. But it could Lewis Booth, 59, will oversee some big General Motors Europe to profitability. busy year as he tries to put the automaker improve BMW’s profit per car. Doing this miss the goal if Toyota Motor Europe changes at the Ford-owned group of But to continue the automaker’s rise, in position to meet his goals of 800,000 will require him to decide this year President Tadashi Arashima, 57, doesn’t luxury brands. Aston Martin likely will be GM Europe’s president needs to cut additional sales and a 6 percent operating whether BMW should: fix problems in two key areas: sold this year. And Ford has shown signs more costs and further increase revenues. margin by 2009. Ghosn’s 2007 challenges Increase manufacturing in the US to 1. Quality – The company recalled it wants to shed money-losing Jaguar That means he will have to eliminate include launching manufacturing of the offset the effect of the weak dollar 650,000 cars in Europe in 2006, up and Land Rover, which is now profitable. redundancies. Forster also must negotiate Dacia Logan low-cost family car in three Boost production in the booming from 215,000 in 2005 As chairman of Ford of Europe, his task with GM’s labor unions over which plants new countries; introducing a larger Chinese market 2. Environment – Toyota ranked No. 7 will also be to make sure the division will make the next Astra lower-medium version of the Modus small minivan to help Expand the Mini brand beyond in a 2005 report on automakers’ keeps making money to help its ailing car. His decision could result in the closure boost the car’s poor sales; and debuting the hatchback, cabriolet and coming average CO2 emissions. parent cope with troubles in the US. of at least one factory. the long-delayed Twingo minicar. station wagon. Photo: dpa Seat President Erich Schmitt, 60, has one Christian Streiff, 52, takes over as Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, 54, Martin Winterkorn, 59, turned Audi into DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche, 54, of the most difficult tasks in the industry. PSA/Peugeot-Citroen CEO at a time is in position to help the Volkswagen a financial success. As Volkswagen group is getting closer to his target of a 7 percent Seat lost €62.5 million in 2005 but has set when the automaker is experiencing group. Porsche is VW’s largest shareholder, CEO, his next challenge will be more operating margin at the automaker. But a goal of making a profit in 2008. Schmitt stagnant sales and its lowest level of which means Wiedeking can start difficult. He needs to continue the big challenges stand between him and the earned a reputation as a no-nonsense profitability in a decade. Starting asserting more influence as a member of turnaround at VW brand by lowering target. He needs to help fix the Chrysler boss while he was purchasing chief at February 7, when he officially succeeds VW’s supervisory board. One area he is production costs, increasing plant group again. The division he used to run Audi. At Seat since October, he already Jean-Martin Folz, Streiff’s job will be to ready to tackle is VW’s poor productivity. efficiency and improving the carmaker’s lost more than $1 billion (more than has replaced the head of sales and define and implement a strategy to He also says he will look for synergies lineup. He also will have to help Seat €770 million) in 2006. He also needs a marketing and more changes are revive sales in PSA’s core market – between VW and Porsche that will lower President Erich Schmitt fix the struggling flawless launch of the new C class this expected. Schmitt’s tasks will include western Europe – and expand volume the cost of Porsche technology and help it Spanish carmaker and oversee the spring to make people forget about clarifying Seat’s brand identity. in the rest of the world. expand its model lineup. reorganization of VW group’s carmakers. Mercedes-Benz’s quality problems. AN_070122_13-16.qxd 18.01.2007 13:05 Uhr Seite 13 January 22, 2007 www.autonewseurope.com · PAGE 13 Guide to Industry Executives ASTON MARTIN BENTLEY Board member, Group Research and Vice President, Alfa Romeo brand GENERAL MOTORS Mercedes Car Group Development Antonio Baravalle (Subsidiary of Ford Motor) (Subsidiary of Volkswagen group) Thomas Weber Vice President, Lancia brand EUROPE Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick, Pyms Lane, Crewe, Cheshire, Board member, Olivier Francois Stelzenstrasse 4, 8152 Glattbrugg CV35 0DB, England CW1 3PL, England Global Procurement and Supply Vice President, Fiat LCVs (Zurich), Switzerland Thomas Sidlik Franco Miniero President; Chairman of Head of Finance and Controlling, Vice President, Latin America Opel Supervisory Board; Mercedes Car Group Cledorvino Belini Chairman of Saab; Vice President GM Olaf Koch Vice President, Parts and Services Carl-Peter Forster Head of Sales and Marketing, Pierre Fleck Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Mercedes Car Group Vice President, Aftersales; Chairman of Vauxhall Klaus Maier Product Portfolio Management Jonathan Browning Head of Production; Chief Operating Giuseppe Bonollo Vice President, Engineering; Officer, Mercedes Car Group Vice President, Business Development Managing Director, Opel Rainer Schmückle Alfredo Altavilla Hans Demant President of Smart; CEO northeast Vice President, Managing Director, Saab Asia operations Engineering and Design Jan-Ake Jonsson Ulrich Walker (Steps down as Harald J. Wester Managing Director, Vauxhall Smart President in April) Vice President, Manufacturing Bill Parfitt Stefan Ketter Vice President, Finance Vice President, Quality Luca Maestri FERRARI Richard Schwarzwald Vice President, Manufacturing Chairman and Chief Executive (85% owned by Fiat group) Vice President, Eric Stevens Franz-Josef Paefgen Via Abetone Inferiore 4, Supply Chain Management Vice President, Purchasing and Supply 41053 Maranello (MO), Italy Diego Pistone Chain for GM Europe and Opel Board member, Sales and Marketing Vice President, Financial Services Eric Alstrom Chairman and CEO Stuart McCullough Alan Breuils Executive Director, Manufacturing Ulrich Bez Board member, Finance and Systems Vice President, Customer Care for GM Europe and Opel Jürgen Hoffmann Mauro Veglia Reinald Hoben Chief Operating Officer Board member, Engineering Vice President, Fleet Management Vice President, GM Powertrain Europe Jonathan Carling Ulrich Eichhorn Roberto Ronchi Roger Johansson Director, Brand Communications Board member, Manufacturing Vice President, Network Development Vice President, Planning Janette Green Doug Dickson Pietro Gorlier Jamal N. El Hout Director, Sales and Marketing Board member, Personnel Vice President, Purchasing Vice President, Quality; Bill Donnelly Christine Gaskell Gianni Coda Executive-in-Charge, Global Quality Director, Finance Director of Design Vice President, Finance Peter G. Dersley David Hunsley Dirk van Braeckel Richard Palmer Executive Director, GM Europe Design Director, Manufacturing Chassis and Powertrain Engineering Vice President, Human Resources Bryan Nesbitt Keith Stanton Operations and Motorsport Director Francesco Garello Executive Director, Finance for Opel Director, Product Development Brian Gush Vice President, General Affairs and GM Europe Engineering Ian Minards Giorgio Fossati Marco Molinari Director, Design Vice President, Compliance Officer Executive Director, Sales, Marek Reichman BMW Gian Luca Forneron Marketing, Aftersales and European Director, Customer Relations Petuelring 130, 80788 Munich, Design Director, Alfa Romeo Marketing Opel/ Vauxhall Kingsley Riding-Felce Germany Wolfgang Egger Alain Visser Chairman of the Board of Design Director Fiat, Lancia and LCV Chief Information Officer Management Chairman Frank Stephenson Alejandro Martinez AUDI Norbert Reithofer Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Vice President, Group Executive Vice President, Personnel (Subsidiary of Volkswagen group) Board member, Finance Council Coordinator Gay G. Tosch 85045 Ingolstadt, Germany Stefan Krause Vice Chairman Gilberto Ceresa Vice President, Communications Board member, Piero Ferrari Vice President, Communication and Julie A. Hamp Development and Purchasing CEO and head of racing department Institutional Relations Klaus Draeger Jean Todt Simone Migliarino Chevrolet Europe Board member, Sales and Marketing General Manager and head of Michael Ganal road cars department Executive Director Board member, Production Amedeo Felisa FORD OF EUROPE Wayne Brannon Frank-Peter Arndt Chief Financial Officer Henry-Ford 1, 50735 Cologne, Germany Board member, Human Resources; Francesco Zagarese Chairman Industrial Relations Director Human Resources Director Lewis Booth
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