OREANDA-NEWS. Effective December 1, 2009, Jeffrey Glover, Director, New Business Development & Planning, GM CIS, will become Managing Director of CJSC "GM-AVTOVAZ" in Togliatti, Russia, reported the press-centre of GM-AVTOVAZ.

In his new role, he will report to Chris Gubbey, President and Managing Director of GM Russia and CIS, and Marc Schiff, Executive Director GME Manufacturing. At the same time, he will continue to perform his current duties as Director, New Business Development & Planning, GM CIS, reporting to Jamal El-Hout, Vice President GME Product Planning and CV Operations.

Jeffrey Glover has an MA in Business Economics and European Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Before joining General Motors’ Opel unit in 1998, he worked as Economist at PlanEcon, a Washington DC-based consultancy specializing in the economies of Eastern & Central European.

At Opel, he worked in IEMA as an Economist and Market Analyst, becoming a Manager in the department in 2000. In 2004, he transferred to Zurich to work in Business Planning for GME.

In 2006, Jeff was appointed Director, GME Current Quality Improvement, based in Russelsheim, Germany and, since 2008, as been working in Moscow as Director, New Business Development & Product Planning, GM CIS.

Jeffrey Glover will replace John Hanson as Managing Director of CJSC "GM-AVTOVAZ". John has been successfully running the JV for 3 years, and will be repatriating and assuming a new management role in the North America International Product Center.