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David Piper Named as Vice President and General Manager of GM Powertrain Europe


August 2005
 Filed under: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATE Car News | GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATE Headlines
PONTIAC, Mich. '“ David Piper has been appointed vice president and general manager of GM Powertrain Europe, replacing Greg Deveson who has elected to pursue an opportunity outside the company. Rita Forst will succeed Piper as executive director of product engineering in Turin.
Piper, 47, will report to Tom Stephens, Group vice president, GM Powertrain and Fritz Henderson, Chairman of GM Europe. The appointments are effective August 1. 'David's broad experience in product engineering, as well as his experience within Allison Transmission make him ideally suited for this assignment,' said Stephens.

Piper joined GM in 1976 as a co-op student at Hydramatic in Ypsilanti, Mich. In 1995, he was named chief engineer of International Transmissions and later transferred to GM's Allison Transmission Division in Indianapolis, as chief engineer of commercial transmissions, and in 2001, he was appointed general director of product engineering in Fiat-GM Powertrain.

In 2003, Piper was named vice president of product engineering. With the establishment of GM Powertrain Europe, he was appointed executive director of product engineering.

He has a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from Michigan State University.

Forst joined GM in 1977 at Adam Opel AG. She has held positions in product engineering, manufacturing engineering as chief engineer of manufacturing engineering and chassis with Adam Opel AG. She was appointed director of engineering in Fiat-GM Powertrain and later appointed managing director of the German legal entity for Powertrain.

With the establishment of GM Powertrain Europe, she was appointed executive director of product engineering and managing director in Germany. She has a master degree of mechanical engineering from FH Darmstadt.

Daniel Nicholson, 41, succeeds Forst as director of product engineering in Germany. Nicholson has been chief engineer of the small-block engine program at GM Powertrain; his replacement will be announced later.

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world's largest automaker, has been the global industry sales leader since 1931. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 321,000 people around the world. It has manufacturing operations in 32 countries and its vehicles are sold in 200 countries. In 2004, GM sold nearly 9 million cars and trucks globally, up 4 percent and the second-highest total in the company's history. GM's global headquarters are at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit. More information on GM can be found at www.gm.com.

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