Reaper
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Without doubt the best grand poo-bah Holden ever had, yet shafted into early retirement in the early-mid 2000's coz 'merika knew better, Peter Hanenberger opens up about Holden and GM of now.
https://www.motoring.com.au/hanenberger-its-not-my-gm-anymore-109467/
https://www.motoring.com.au/hanenberger-its-not-my-gm-anymore-109467/
Holden’s greatest living leader Peter Hanenberger has turned his back on General Motors, the company to which he devoted his 45-year working life.
Hanenberger worked at Holden in two separate influential stints. The first time between 1976-1982 he was seconded as a young engineer from Opel and earned the nickname ‘Handling-berger’ for his key role in dramatically improving the woeful chassis dynamics of Holdens. He returned from 1999-2003 as chairman and managing director. He is now 76 and retired to his home town of Wiesbaden in Germany.
He has watched from a distance as Holden has been reduced from a complete automotive business capable of designing, engineering and manufacturing cars to selling and marketing imports.
“This was just pure mismanagement to let a company down like this,” he says.