DETROIT – General Motors Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell Thursday announced that he will leave the company April 1. Liddell, 52, joined GM in January, 2010 and led the company’s financial and accounting operations on a global basis.
Dan Ammann will succeed Liddell as General Motors chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2011. Ammann, 38, is currently GM vice president, finance and treasurer.
Ammann has played a major role in the key financial decisions at the new GM. He has been actively engaged in setting the financial strategy and reducing debt. Ammann was also integral in the IPO process.
Since joining the company in March 2010, Ammann has led the GM Treasurer’s Office, based in New York, with operations around the world. Prior to GM, Ammann was managing director and head of Industrials Investment Banking for Morgan Stanley and was instrumental in many high profile assignments spanning a variety of technology, service, and manufacturing clients.
A successor for Ammann in GM’s Treasurer’s Office will be announced at a later date.
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