Holden Boss Mike Devereux Moving Back To GM At Year’s End

General Motors veteran executive Mike Devereux will move on to other duties within the company at the end of this year, after three years at the helm of Holden. 

Announcing the move today, Holden confirmed Mr Devereux has been appointed GM CIO (Consolidated International Operations) Vice President for Sales, Marketing and Aftersales. Devereux will report to former Volvo boss, Stefan Jacoby. 

Mr Devereux will begin his new duties on November 1, but will remain responsible for leading Holden in Australia and New Zealand until the end of the year. 

The British-born and Canadian-raised executive's new boss is based in Shanghai, where GM's global manufacturing chief Tim Lee is also stationed. 

Mr Devereux became Chairman and Managing Director of Holden in March 2010, in the wake of the global financial crisis, GM's bankruptcy proceedings and the offloading of Hummer and Saab. 

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