◆ 12 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE JANUARY 26, 2004 ◆ GUIDE TO INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES Ford leads the 2003 executive shuffle The dispute with Ford kept Fiat Auto. Thomas Bscher head of HRIS RIGHT C W Leach from succeeding Fiat Back at Ford of Europe, its Bugatti super-luxury AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE CEO Giancarlo Boschetti, Lewis Booth filled Leach’s brand in December. He who left the company in spot. Booth moved to took over from Karl- Ford Motor Co. experienced a lot of November after 40 years Europe from Japan where Heinz Neumann. management changes in Europe with the Italian automaker. he was president of Mazda While there are many last year. Former Volkswagen group Motor Corp. new faces at the top of The most controversial change executive Herbert Demel Peter Horbury went European car compa- was Martin Leach’s departure from replaced Boschetti. Demel from being head of design nies, a number of long- the company after about a year as came to Fiat from his posi- at Ford’s Premier serving executives Ford of Europe President. That tion as president and CEO Automotive Group based celebrated another year move directly or indirectly sparked a at Magna Steyr, a contract in London to Ford’s exec- at the top. Luca Cordero number changes among automaker assembler based in Graz, utive director of design di Montezemolo has Lewis Booth Herbert Demel Thomas Bscher executives in Europe in 2003. Austria. for North America. been CEO of Ferrari- Leach sued Ford over his depar- competitor. A US court in Michigan Also at Fiat, Giuseppe Morchio Joe Greenwell replaced Bob Dover Maserati since 1991, Louis Schweitzer ture, alleging Ford wrongly has ruled that Ford cannot prevent was named CEO of Fiat Auto parent as chairman and CEO of Jaguar- has been CEO of Renault since 1992 announced he had resigned and then Leach from working for another company Fiat SpA last February. Land Rover, both PAG members. and Wendelin Wiedeking has been prevented him from working for a automaker. Morchio also serves as chairman of Separately, Volkswagen named CEO of Porsche since 1993. ANE Here is a brand-by-brand guide to the top executives at Europe’s automakers. ASTON MARTIN BENTLEY MOTOR BUGATTI FERRARI FORD OF EUROPE LAGONDA CARS AUTOMOBILES (Majority owned by Fiat) Henry-Ford-Strasse 1, 50735 (Subsidiary of Ford Motor Co.) (Subsidiary of Volkswagen (Subsidiary of Volkswagen Via Abetone Inferiore 4, Cologne, Germany Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, group) group) 41053 Maranello, Italy Chairman and CEO, Ford of Europe Bucks, MK16 9AN, England Pyms Lane, Crewe, Cheshire, Av. De Rhodanie 60, 1007 Chairman and CEO David Thursfield CEO CW1 3PL, England Lausanne, Switzerland Luca Cordero di Montezemolo President and Chief Operating Ulrich Bez Chairman and CEO Vice Chairman Officer Director, Sales and Marketing Franz-Josef Paefgen Piero Ferrari Lewis Booth Bill Donnelly Board member, Sales and DAIMLERCHRYSLER Chief Operating Officer, GT Vice President, Sales, Marketing Director, Finance Marketing Epplestrasse 225, 70567 Stuttgart, Department and Service David Hunsley Adrian Hallmark Germany Amedeo Felisa Earl Hesterberg General Manager, Purchasing Director, Finance and Systems Chairman of the Board of Chief Operating Officer, Racing Vice President, Sales Operations Gary Archer Hans-Georg Melching Management Department Ingvar Sviggum Director, Manufacturing Board member, Engineering Jürgen E. Schrempp Jean Todt Vice President, Product Marketing Keith Elliott Ulrich Eichhorn Board member, Mercedes Car Group Chief Financial Officer Murat Yalman General Manager, Sales Board member, Manufacturing Jürgen Hubbert Giancarlo Coppa Chief Financial Officer; Vice Operations Doug Dickson Board member, President and Purchasing Manager President, Strategic Planning Ian Minards Director of Design CEO Chrysler Group Andrea Bozzoli John Rickel General Manager, Systems Dirk van Braeckel Dieter Zetsche Vice President, Legal Brian Thomas Chassis and Powertrain Board member, Chief Operating Governmental and Environmental Director, Product Development and Engineering Operations and Officer Chrysler Group FIAT AUTO Affairs Motorsport Motorsport Director Wolfgang Bernhard Corso Agnelli 200, 10135 Turin, Wolfgang Schneider Jeremy Main Board member, Commercial Italy Vice President, Manufacturing Head of Design Vehicles Chairman BMW John Fleming Henrik Fisker Eckhard Cordes Giuseppe Morchio Chairman Ford Werke Petuelring 130, 80788 Munich, Director, Service and Restoration Board member, Finance & CEO and Chief Operating Officer Bernhard Mattes Germany Kingsley Riding-Felce Controlling Herbert Demel Vice President, Product Chairman of the Board of Manfred Gentz President, Fiat, Lancia and LCV Development Management Board member, Corporate Business Unit Derrick Kuzak AUDI Development Helmut Panke Gianni Coda Vice President, Purchasing Board member, Finance Rüdiger Grube Paul Stokes Board member, Human Resources President, Alfa Romeo Business Stefan Krause Unit Vice President and Executive Board member, Development and & Labor Relations Director Director, Customer Service Günther Fleig Daniele Bandiera Purchasing Division Deputy Board member, CEO Board President, International Roelant De Waard Burkhard Göschel of Management DaimlerChrysler Development Business Unit Vice President, Design Board member, Sales and Services Jan Nahum Marketing Bodo Uebber Chris Bird President, Aftersales Business Unit Vice President, Communications Michael Ganal Board member, Global Benito De Filippis Board member, Production Procurement and Supply and Public Affairs Vice President, Corporate Niel Golightly Audi Chairman Norbert Reithofer Thomas Sidlik Development Martin Winterkorn Board member, Human Resources; Deputy board member, Vice President, Quality Alberto Ghiglieno Scott Tobin Industrial Relations Director Research and Technology (Subsidiary of the Volkswagen Vice President, Legal Affairs Vice President, Human Resources group) Ernst Baumann Thomas Weber Executive Vice President Mercedes Giorgio Fossati Nick Caton 5045 Ingolstadt, Germany Vice President, Central Marketing Car Group, Sales and Marketing Vice President, Finance Chairman and Technical Director and Brand Management BMW Joachim Schmidt Diego Pistone Martin Winterkorn Torsten Müller-Oetvoes Vice President, Internal Audit GENERAL MOTORS Vice President Mercedes-Benz EUROPE Board member, Purchasing Passenger Cars and Smart Gian Luca Forneron Stelzenstrasse 4, 5152 Glattbrugg Erich Schmitt Sales organization: Purchasing, Global Procurement Vice President, Human Resources Board member, Finance and (Zurich), Switzerland Director of Region Germany and Supply Paolo Gasca Organization Group Vice President, GM Corp.; Ralph Weyler Harald Bölstler Vice President, Logistic System Rupert Stadler Director of Region Europe Executive Vice President Mercedes President, GM Europe Mauro Manfredini Michael Burns Board member, Production David Barry Panton Car Group, Design Vice President, Product and GME Vice President, Personnel Jochem Heizmann Director of Region America Peter Pfeiffer Board member, Sales and Process Engineering Cheri L. Alexander Tom Purves Executive Vice President Mercedes Marketing Walter Mortara GME Vice President; Chairman and Director of Region Asia, Pacific, Car Group, Development and Ralph Weyler Engineering CEO, GM-Fiat Worldwide CEO Saab Automobile Africa, east Europe Board member, Seat Hans-Joachim Schöpf Purchasing Peter Augustsson Lüder Paysen (to be replaced by Andreas Schleef Executive Vice President Mercedes Tommaso Le Pera GME Vice President, Finance Head of Design Audi AG Karl-Heinz Kalbfell on July 1, 2004) Car Group, Production Chairman, Fiat-GM Powertrain William J. Barclay Gerhard Pfefferle Hans-Heinrich Weingarten Nunzio Pulvirenti GME Vice President, Project and Head of Advertising MINI Executive Vice President Mercedes Vice President, Communication Production Support; Chairman, Hans-Christian Schwingen Vice President Brand Management Car Group, Smart business unit and Institutional Relations Opel Supervisory Board Head of Design Audi brand group Kay Segler Andreas Renschler Vincenzo Ruocco Hans Barth ◆ JANUARY 26, 2004 AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE 13 ◆ GME Vice President; Chairman and JAGUAR LAND ROVER MG ROVER GROUP ADAM OPEL Managing Director Adam Opel (Subsidiary of Ford Motor Co.) PO Box 41, Lickey Road, (Subsidiary of General Motors) Carl-Peter Forster Gaydon Headquarters, Banbury Longbridge, Birmingham, B31 2TB, Friedrich-Lutzmann-Ring, 65423 GME Vice President, General Road, Lighthorne England Rüsselsheim, Germany Counsel Warwick, CV35 0RG, England Chairman of the Phoenix Venture Chairman and Managing Director Gerd T. Becht Managing Director and Holdings (which owns MG Rover Carl-Peter Forster GME Vice President, Sales, Chief Operating Officer Group) Board member, Production Marketing and Aftersales Joe Greenwell John Towers Ditmar Porth Jonathan Browning CEO Jaguar-Land Rover Director, Product Development Board member, Sales, Marketing GME Vice President, Engineering Steve Ross Kevin Howe and Customer Care Hans Demant CEO Joe Greenwell Director, Sales and Marketing Director, Sales and Marketing Uhland Burkart GME Vice President, European (Subsidiary of Ford Motor Co.) Matthew Taylor* John Edwards Board member; Executive Director Union Affairs; Managing Director Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry, Director, Operations CV5 9DR, England Director, Global Marketing Opel International Technical Opel Belgium Chris Bowen Chief Operating Officer Aston John Edwards Development Center Eddy Geysen Director, Finance and Strategy Martin, Jaguar,