GM's Chris Gubbey Holden's New Boss, As Denny Mooney Moves Back To The US

[BBDOS CV8]

The Melbourne Age: Holden boss to move to US position

Dennis Mooney is on his way back to the US.


GM Announces Management Moves

www.media.gm.com

GM Shanghai Executive VP Chris Gubbey to succeed Denny Mooney as Chairman and Managing Director of GM Holden.

Denny Mooney was today named GM vice president, global vehicle systems and integration based in Detroit, Michigan, in a series of management appointments announced by GM globally. He takes up his new position as of 1 August 2007.

Replacing Mooney as chairman and managing director at GM Holden is Chris Gubbey, who is currently executive vice president of Shanghai General Motors.

Prior to joining Shanghai GM in 2000, Gubbey was manufacturing director and a member of the board of directors of Vauxhall Motors Ltd in the United Kingdom. From 1995 to 1997, he was operations director of GKN Hardy Spicer Ltd. Between 1991 and 1995, Gubbey was assistant general manager of Toyota Motor UK Ltd. He began his automotive industry career in 1979 with Ford Motor Company where he held the positions of assembly manager and process engineering manager.

Gubbey has a bachelor of science degree (with honours) in production engineering from Hatfield Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. He is an honorary citizen of both Shanghai Municipality and Yantai, Shandong.

Denny Mooney has been GM Holden's chairman and managing director since 1 January 2004 during which period he oversaw the launch of the all new VE Commodore and WM Statesman and Caprice in what was the biggest new car program in Australian automotive history.

He has also been instrumental in realigning GM Holden's future business strategy to position it as a company with a strong export focus and one which is closely integrated with the GM group globally.

An engineer by background, whilst at GM Holden Mooney also held positions as head of GM Asia Pacific Engineering, a board member of GM Daewoo in Korea, and a member of GM's Asia Pacific strategy board.

Denny Mooney said, "It has been a privilege to have been involved with such a strong brand as GM Holden. The automotive industry has undergone significant changes in recent years and the passion, skill and dedication of the GM Holden team has created products that are now sold successfully not just in Australia, but all over the world.

"With the launch of the VE Commodore range we saw GM Holden cement its role within GM globally and underline its future as the home of rear wheel drive vehicle development for the company.

"I am very confident in GM Holden's ability to continue to be successful in the highly competitive global automotive business for years to come."

Shanghai GM, from which Chris Gubbey joins GM Holden, was founded in 1997, is a 50/50 joint venture of General Motors Corp. and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Group (SAIC). It offers a growing line up of vehicles under the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and Saab nameplates. It became the first Chinese automaker to sell 400,000 vehicles in a calendar year and ended 2006 as the country's leader in passenger car sales.

The movement of Denny Mooney and Chris Gubbey are among a series of management appointments affecting GM's global operations, announced today by GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner. The full list of announcements can be found on the GM media website at media.gm.com.

[JoeT]

Holden Boss To Move To US Position

AAP
25 May 2007
www.smh.com.au

Holden chairman and managing director Denny Mooney is to move to the United States to take up a senior position with parent company General Motors in Detroit.

Holden said on Friday Mr Mooney had been named vice president for global vehicle systems and integration.

He takes up his new role on August 1 and will be replaced as Holden boss by General Motors Shanghai executive vice president Chris Gubbey.

Prior to joining GM Shanghai in 2000, Mr Gubbey was manufacturing director and a member of the board of directors of Vauxhall Motors Ltd in the UK.

Mr Mooney has been GM Holden's chairman and managing director since January 2004 and oversaw the introduction of the VE Commodore, a $1 billion design and development program.

He has been attributed with realigning Holden's future business strategy giving it a strong export focus.

Clcik here to continue article

Denny Mooney and Chris Gubbey

[JoeT]

'Global Vehicle Systems & Integration Vice-President' - Sounds like another step in Holden's takeover of GM!

Some will be glad to see him go. I think his time at Holden was successful, but it's a very different company now to what it was when he took over the job from Holden legend, Peter Hanenburger.

[RedVee8]

I've read previously that he was a "Cadillac man" and that he was an "Oldsmobile man" before Holden. Dunno which is true. Hope he is now a 'Holden man' and not a 'faceless man'.

[Martino_z]

Who takes over from denny then? Eddie McGuire I guess...

[JoeT]

He'd just go around 'boning' everyone.

[vt6banger]

Holden said on Friday Mr Mooney had been named vice president for global vehicle systems and integration.

He takes up his new role on August 1 and will be replaced as Holden boss by General Motors Shanghai executive vice president Chris Gubbey.

Prior to joining GM Shanghai in 2000, Mr Gubbey was manufacturing director and a member of the board of directors of Vauxhall Motors Ltd in the UK.

Mr Mooney has been GM Holden's chairman and managing director since January 2004 and oversaw the introduction of the VE Commodore, a $1 billion design and development program.

He has been attributed with realigning Holden's future business strategy giving it a strong export focus.

i rekon this bloke is gonna replace him .......

[AusCalais]

General Motors Shanghai executive vice-president Christ (sic) Gubbey will replace Denny Mooney on August 1 as the Holden chairman and managing director in Australia.

Hmmm, now they're bringing in the big guns.... Let's see how Ford and Toyota handle a holy war.

[AusCalais]

Originally Posted by JoeT

Denny Mooney

I thought I missed the Holden flag from Parliament House this morning... now I know who swiped it

[BBDOS CV8]

The article says the new head is:

General Motors Shanghai executive vice-president Christ Gubbey will replace Denny Mooney on August 1 as the Holden chairman and managing director in Australia.

Before working at GM Shanghai for seven years, Mr Gubbey headed manufacturing in the UK for Vauxhall Motors Ltd while also sitting on the company's board.

Hope that first name is a misprint - I know times are though but do we really need the Son of God running Holden?

'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'!

[Martino_z]

Oh no here came the monty python nerds.

[69Firebird400]

Well, good for him, I guess. A "global" job must be a step up from a regional job, even if he was the guy in charge at Holden. I like the way GM (and other large companies) shuffle their talent from role to role and region to region to give them a breadth of experience. It can only help the companies (and the individuals' careers) in the long run.

[mikmak]

Originally Posted by JoeT

Some will be glad to see him go. I think his time at Holden was successful, but it's a very different company now to what it was when he took over the job from Holden legend, Peter Hanenburger.

He did change it into a more modern business though, and I think just in the nick of time. Of course he had a team helping him out. I'm just curious if they (manufacturing for example) didn't get smacked with the corporate happy stick, as I call it. It is easy to do, you just take one work place, inject the centre heavily with process until the fat comes out the sides, and trim. What you have left is an efficient core operating system that creates great output.

The only downfall is if you need to change this structure in the future, it becomes extremely complex. The core process is usually wound so tight, that changing one small factor creates flow on effects that also require correction.

Its funny because the best way to fix the problem is usually through expensive consulting firms. All they do is unravel the mess that was injected in the first place and replace it with model that they like (incidentally creating follow up busines for themselves), which provides no motivation for them to actually make it simple. They'd do themselves out of a job

[asim]

Global Vehicle Systems and Integrations Vice-President. I like that. It sounds like the perfect job for Mooney, since he is from Holden and all -- which has a great reputation for global vehicles.

So who's replacing Gubbey in China?

[mikmak]

Originally Posted by JoeT

He takes up his new role on August 1 and will be replaced as Holden boss by General Motors Shanghai executive vice president Chris Gubbey.

Prior to joining GM Shanghai in 2000, Mr Gubbey was manufacturing director and a member of the board of directors of Vauxhall Motors Ltd in the UK.

With any luck, he'll push the return of the Vectra :p