DETROIT -- Bob Lutz, General Motors Co.'s top marketing boss, will chair the supervisory board of GM's Opel unit and help steer a restructuring plan there now that GM has decided to retain control of the European automaker, a source close to GM told Automotive News today.
Lutz, 77, will not take a direct management role in Opel, the source said. The supervisory board meets three or four times a year. Lutz already is a member of the Opel supervisory board. The appointment will likely be made next week, the source said.Lutz's added responsibilities were reported today by The Wall Street Journal.
JAMIE LAREAU
AND PHILIP NUSSEL
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS-UPDATED: 11/6/09
GM's Lutz to Oversee Opel
General Motors Co.'s marketing chief, Robert A. Lutz, will be installed to head the Opel GmbH supervisory board as the auto maker looks to implement a new restructuring plan and find a new leader for the European after its board of directors decided earlier this week to retain control of it, according to two people familiar with the matter.Mr. Lutz's role isn't expected to be a direct management post as much as it is an oversight role. The supervisory board's next meeting is slated for the middle of November.
BY JOHN STOLL AND VANESSA FUHRMANS-NOVEMBER 6, 2009
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