Rüsselsheim, Germany - June 27, 2013, Rüsselsheim, Germany - Adam Opel AG announces that Tina Müller has been appointed member of the board of management and chief marketing officer, effective August 1, 2013.
As Corporate Senior Vice President, she was most recently responsible for the region of Western Europe in the Beauty Care division.
Ms. Müller also made a significant contribution to the strong growth of the brand portfolio, particularly the tradition-rich brand Schwarzkopf, as chief marketing officer for its global business in hair cosmetics, body, facial and oral care.
Ms. Müller is a widely recognized brand expert. In 2010 she was named "European Chief Marketing Officer of the Year" (Booz Company). She has also been named "Marketing Manager of the Year" three times by the magazine "W & Vâ€.
Thomas Sedran, currently member of the Executive Board responsible for Operations, Business Development and Corporate Strategy, takes over as President and Managing Director of Chevrolet Europe in Zurich, effective July 1.
Dr. Sedran was named Member of the Management Board of Adam Opel AG on April 1, 2012, in charge of Operations, Business Development & Corporate Strategy.
Dr. Sedran had been in charge of automotive business affairs for the Munich-based global management consultants AlixPartners since 2006. In this position he worked very closely with Opel/Vauxhall.
Dr. Sedran has spent most of his career as a management consultant. Before his time at AlixPartners, he worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants for more than ten years, where his last position was as global head of the Competence Center Automotive.
He has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, and a Ph.D. from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany.
Mark Adams, Executive Director, Global Cadillac and Buick Design and GME Vice President, Design, will repatriate to Germany and assume the position of GME Vice President, Design.
In addition, he will be the Champion for Opel/Buick brand strategies and design language.
Mr. Adams has been Executive Director, Global Cadillac and Buick Design and GME Vice President, Design, since August 2012. Prior to this assignment, he had been GM Europe Vice President Design since June 1, 2007.
In this capacity, he headed the newly established GM Europe design organization, including the Rüsselsheim-based GM Europe Design Center. He was responsible for the design of GM’s European brands Opel, Vauxhall and Saab, as well as certain Saturn products in North America.
Mr. Adams served in a series of chief designer positions at Ford Motor Company before joining General Motors in September 2002 as Director Exterior Design for the Opel brand.
He was responsible for the exterior design of successful models such as the Astra GTC, Zafira, Astra TwinTop, Antara, Corsa and for the design language of Opel and Saab vehicles.
In 2004, he became Director of Exterior Design for GM Europe and was responsible for the exterior design of all Opel, Saab and Vauxhall vehicles.
Mr. Adams studied both Engineering and Design. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Mechanical Engineering (vehicle option) and a Master of Arts degree in Automotive Design from the Royal College of Art in London. ■