GM: Forster To Leave Co; External Search For New Europe CEO

Nov 6th, 2009 - CNNMoney

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FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Co. on Friday confirmed that Carl-PeterForster will be leaving his post as group vice president and president of itsOpel Europe operations.

GM said in a statement Forster will "advise the company during the transition"to find a new head of its European operations, adding that it will "initiate animmediate external search" for a successor.

"The Opel brand has made tremendous progress under Carl-Peter's tenure andleadership over the past several years," said GM Chief Executive FritzHenderson.

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